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Dicynodontidae

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia - Dicynodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Dicynodontidae Owen
1871Dicynodontidae Cope p. 235
1875Dicynodontidae Cope p. 15
1902Dicynodontidae Hay p. 430
1904Dicynodontidae Osborn p. 103
1911Dicynodontidae Jaekel p. 189
1930Dicynodontidae Hay p. 62
1940Dicynodontidae Efremov p. 131
1946Dicynodontidae Kuhn p. 58
1951Dicynodontidae Efremov p. 483
1954Dicynodontidae Haughton and Brink p. 6
1969Dicynodontidae Boonstra
1974Dicynodontidae Barry p. 121
1982Dicynodontidae Kemp p. 348
1988Dicynodontidae Carroll
1988Dicynodontidae King
1997Dicynodontidae King and Jenkins p. 150
2000Dicynodontidae Battail and Surkov
2003Dicynodontidae Ivakhnenko
2008Dicynodontidae Ivakhnenko
2008Dicynodontidae Li and Sun p. 384

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
familyDicynodontidaeOwen 1859
familyDicynodontidaeOwen 1859

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.

Fm. †Dicynodontidae Owen 1859
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Subfm. †Aulacephalodontinae Cluver and King 1983
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Invalid names: Aulacephalodontini Toerien 1953 [empty], Pelanomodontini Cluver and King 1983 [empty]
Subfm. †Cryptodontinae Owen 1859
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Invalid names: Oudenodontini King 1988 [empty], Pelorocyclopini Van Hoepen 1934 [empty], Tropidostomini Cluver and King 1983 [empty]
Subfm. †Dicynodontinae Owen 1859
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G. †Fortunodon Kurkin 2012
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†Fortunodon amalitzkii Kurkin 2012
†Fortunodon trautscholdi Kurkin 2012
G. †Elph Kurkin 1999
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†Elph borealis Kurkin 1999
G. †Interpresosaurus Kurkin 2001
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†Interpresosaurus blomi Kurkin 2001
Subfm. †Kannemeyeriinae Huene 1948
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G. †Calleonasus Kalandadze 1985
Invalid names: Kannemeyeriini Lehman 1970 [empty], Lystrosaurini Broom 1903 [empty], Placeriini King 1988 [empty], Shansiodontini Cox 1965 [empty], Sinokannemeyeriini King 1988 [empty], Stahleckeriini Lehman 1961 [empty]
G. †Sagecephalus Jaekel 1911
G. †Striodon Sun 1978
Invalid names: Orophicephalinae Van Hoepen 1934 [empty], Pelorocyclopinae Van Hoepen 1934 [empty]
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: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Ladinian or 266.90000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28South Africa (Western Cape) Dicynodontidae indet. (94777)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 256.8Russian Federation (Vologda) Dicynodontidae indet. (187939)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 256.8Russian Federation (Vladimir) Dicynodontidae indet. (93026)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 256.8Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) Elph borealis (27952 28065)
Vyatkian259.51 - 256.8Russian Federation (Nizhnii Novgorod) Dicynodontidae indet. (86356)
Vyatkian259.51 - 256.8Russian Federation (Nizhni Novgorod) Interpresosaurus blomi (189316)
Vyatkian259.51 - 256.8Russian Federation (Vladimir) Dicynodontidae indet. (86346 189402)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Dicynodontidae indet. (92809)