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Stenocybusidae (disused)

Stenocybusidae

Taxonomy
Stenocybusidae was named by Cheng and Li (1997). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dinocephalia by Cheng and Li (1997), Li (2001), Li and Sun (2008) and Jiang and Ji (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Stenocybusidae Cheng and Li pp. 35, 40
2001Stenocybusidae Li p. 47
2008Stenocybusidae Li and Sun p. 382
2014Stenocybusidae Jiang and Ji

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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()
—Eutherapsida
suborderDinocephalia
familyStenocybusidae
familyStenocybusidae

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. †Stenocybusidae Cheng and Li 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Z. Cheng and J. Li 1997Small-sized dinocephalian (skull length 12- 15 cm). Skull high, narrow and slender without pachyostosis; orbit large and temporal fossa small; maxilla high and triangular-shaped, its top locating above canine and connecting with prefrontal; lachrymal large and extending forward; frontal with no boss and interorbital ridge; the anterior border of depression receiving lower jaw adductor located on the dorsal surface of postfrontal; small teeth present on palatine and transverse process of pterygoid; marginal teeth formula I5/4 C1/1 PC6-8/6; incisor of large length with labial talon pointer and lingual heel, they procumbent and interlocked.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available