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Kwazulusaurus shakai
Taxonomy
Kwazulusaurus shakai was named by Maisch (2002). Its type specimen is BP/1/2792, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stoffelton, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Kwazulusaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Kwazulusaurus shakai Maisch |
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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.
†Kwazulusaurus shakai Maisch 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) | Kwazulusaurus shakai (type locality: 176319) |