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Leontosaurus vanderhorsti

Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy
Leontosaurus vanderhorsti was named by Broom and George (1950). Its type specimen is BP/1/743, a skull (dorsoventrally crushed skull and lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Swaelkrans, Murraysburg, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial mudstone in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.

It was recombined as Sycosaurus vanderhorsti by Sigogneau (1970) and Sigogneau-Russell (1989).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Leontosaurus vanderhorsti Broom and George pp. 189-190 figs. 3-4
1953Rubidgea platyrhina Brink and Kitching
1970Sycosaurus vanderhorsti Sigogneau
1989Rubidgea platyrhina Sigogneau-Russell
1989Sycosaurus vanderhorsti Sigogneau-Russell
2016Leontosaurus vanderhorsti Kammerer

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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()
suborderGorgonopsia
familyGorgonopidae(Lydekker 1890)
subfamilyRubidgeinae
tribeRubidgeiniBroom 1938
genusLeontosaurus
speciesvanderhorsti

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.

†Leontosaurus vanderhorsti Broom and George 1950
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Invalid names: Rubidgea platyrhina Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, 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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Leontosaurus vanderhorsti (178869)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Western Cape) Leontosaurus vanderhorsti, Rubidgea platyrhina, Sycosaurus vanderhorsti (type locality: 80176)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Leontosaurus vanderhorsti (89863)