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Sauroeidepus matsepensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Sauroeidepus matsepensis was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is 76A, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Matsepe tracksite (zone B/1), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian crevasse splay siliciclastic in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Sauroeidepus matsepensis Ellenberger p. 348
1974Sauroeidepus matsepensis Ellenberger pp. 139-140
1984Sauroeidepus matsepensis Olsen and Galton p. 110

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
genusSauroeidepus
speciesmatsepensis

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.

†Sauroeidepus matsepensis Ellenberger 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available