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Cyonosaurus longiceps

Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy
Cyonosaurus longiceps was named by Olson (1937). Its type specimen is WMUC 1515, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Toverwater - Cistecephalus AZ, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa. It is the type species of Cyonosaurus.

Synonyms
  • Cyniscops longiceps was named by Broom (1941). Its type specimen is RC 75, a skull (Poorly preserved skull and mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Springfontein, Graaff-Reinet, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Cyonosaurus longiceps by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Cyonosaurus longiceps Olson
1941Cyniscops longiceps Broom
1989Cyonosaurus longiceps Sigogneau-Russell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
familyGorgonopidae(Lydekker 1890)
subfamilyGorgonopsinaeSigogneau-Russell 1970
genusCyonosaurusOlson 1937
specieslongicepsOlson 1937

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.

†Cyonosaurus longiceps Olson 1937
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Invalid names: Cyniscops longiceps Broom 1941 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) Cyonosaurus longiceps (type locality: 178742 178744 178805)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Cyniscops longiceps (178743) Cyonosaurus longiceps (174622)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Cyonosaurus longiceps (80216 177563 177601)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Western Cape) Cyonosaurus longiceps (174623)