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Dolichuranus latirostris

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia - Kannemeyeriidae

Taxonomy
Kannemeyeria latirostris was named by Crozier (1970). Its type specimen is BPI 420, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 16, Upper Luangwa Valley, 0.75 miles north Sitwe, which is in an Anisian terrestrial mudstone/sandstone in the Ntawere Formation of Zambia.

It was recombined as Dolichuranus latirostris by Keyser (1973).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Kannemeyeria latirostris Crozier
1973Dolichuranus latirostris Keyser

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
—DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
—Kannemeyeriiformes(Huene 1948)
familyKannemeyeriidaeHuene 1948
genusDolichuranus
specieslatirostris()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Dolichuranus latirostris Crozier 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Zambia Kannemeyeria indet. (type locality: 99436)