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Rank | family |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Mormosauridae |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Gorgodontia : Mormosauridae |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Scientific Name | Mormosauridae |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Mormosauridae | family | belongs to Dinocephalia | stated with evidence | Kuhn, 1946 | Mormosauridae | family | belongs to Tapinocephalia | stated without evidence | Haughton and Brink, 1954 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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Environment | terrestrial (based on Amniota) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. H. Haughton and A. S. Brink. 1954. A bibliographical list of Reptilia from the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 2:1-187 |
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