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Cryptodontidae
| Description | Cryptodontia is a group of dicynodont therapsids that includes the families Geikiidae, Oudenodontidae, and Rhachiocephalidae. It was first named in 1860 by English paleontologist Richard Owen. Owen intended Cryptodontia to be a family, and the name was later changed to "Cryptodontidae" to reflect this ranking. The name Cryptodontia was restored in 2009 when it was redefined as a larger clade containing several families of dicynodonts. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptodontidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Cryptodontidae | |||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||
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| Scientific Name | Cryptodontidae | |||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptodontidae |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Idelesaurus βgenus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian |
References
| Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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!
