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Therioides cyniscus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	367376	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=367376

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Therocephalia : Pristerognathidae : Therioides : Therioides cyniscus

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
-	Eutherapsida
order	Therocephalia	Broom 1903
family	Pristerognathidae	Broom 1908
subfamily	Pristerognathinae	Boonstra 1969
genus	Therioides	Boonstra 1953
species	Therioides cyniscus	Boonstra 1953

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Therioides cyniscus	species	belongs to Therioides	stated with evidence	Boonstra, 1953

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

265 - 260 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

265 - 260 Ma
Permian

Environment

terrestrial (based on Amniota)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Therocephalia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L. D. Boonstra. 1954. The pristerognathid therocephalians from the Tapinocephalus-zone in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum 42:65-107

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1953	Therioides cyniscus Boonstra

References

Boonstra L. D. (1954) The pristerognathid therocephalians from the Tapinocephalus-zone in the South African Museum, Annals of the South African Museum 42, 65-107

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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