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Lystrosaurus maccaigi

Anomodontia - Lystrosauridae

Taxonomy
Lystrosaurus maccaigi was named by Seeley (1898). It is not extant. Its type locality is Elandsberg, which is in an Induan terrestrial horizon in the Katberg Formation of South Africa.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Lystrosaurus maccaigi Seeley
1915Lystrosaurus putterilli Van Hoepen
1951Lystrosaurus amphibius Brink
1988Lystrosaurus maccaigi King

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
—DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
familyLystrosauridae
genusLystrosaurusCope 1870
speciesmaccaigiSeeley 1898

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.

†Lystrosaurus maccaigi Seeley 1898
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Invalid names: Lystrosaurus amphibius Brink 1951 [synonym], Lystrosaurus putterilli Van Hoepen 1915 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 20:48:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:48:45
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Induan or 254.17000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Lystrosaurus maccaigi (176312)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17South Africa (Free State) Lystrosaurus maccaigi (195279 195280)
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Lystrosaurus maccaigi (type locality: 176503)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) Lystrosaurus maccaigi (117183)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Lystrosaurus amphibius (196533)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Antarctica Lystrosaurus maccaigi (27265 27266)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) Lystrosaurus maccaigi (181690) Lystrosaurus maccaigi, Lystrosaurus putterilli (88282)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Lystrosaurus maccaigi (105610)
Induan - Smithian252.17 - 247.2India (West Bengal) Lystrosaurus maccaigi (174085)