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Emydorhynchus formosus
Taxonomy
Emydorhynchus formosus was named by Broom (1935). Its type specimen is TM 241, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Biesjiespoort, Victoria West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1935 | Emydorhynchus formosus Broom |
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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.
†Emydorhynchus formosus Broom 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Emydorhynchus formosus (type locality: 174666) |