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Elliotsmithia longiceps

Varanopidae

Taxonomy
Elliotsmithia longiceps was named by Broom (1937). Its type specimen is TM 1483, a partial skeleton (skull and mandibles with most of the antorbital region missing, incl. partial hyoid apparatus, cervical vertebrae, ribs fragments and osteoderms), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Abrahamskraal, Prince Albert, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Elliotsmithia longiceps Broom
1986Elliotsmithia longiceps Reisz
1996Elliotsmithia longiceps Dilkes and Reisz p. 1167 fig. 2
2001Elliotsmithia longiceps Modesto et al. pp. 250, 251 figs. 1-4, 5C, 6

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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
suborderEupelycosauria
familyVaranopidae()
Neovaranopsia
subfamilyMesenosaurinae
Afrothyra
genusElliotsmithia
specieslongiceps

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.

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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) Elliotsmithia longiceps (type locality: 86388)