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Macrocnemidae

Reptilia - Macrocnemidae

Taxonomy
Macrocnemidae was named by Kuhn (1946). Its type is Macrochemus.

It was assigned to Macrocnemoidea by Kuhn (1946); to Prolacertoidea by Kuhn (1966); and to Squamata by Kuhn (1971).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Macrocnemidae Kuhn p. 60
1966Macrocnemidae Kuhn p. 41
1971Macrocnemidae Kuhn p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
familyMacrocnemidae
familyMacrocnemidae

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. †Macrocnemidae Kuhn 1946
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G. †Megacnemus Huene 1954
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Megacnemus grandis Huene 1955
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available