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Bradysaurus seeleyi

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Bradysaurus seeleyi was named by Haughton and Boonstra (1929). Its type specimen is BMNH 49426, a partial skeleton (complete skull and lower jaw, partial vertebral column, some ribs, osteoderms, and parts of girdles), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Palmietfontein, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. angusta, B. strubeni

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Bradysaurus seeleyi Haughton and Boonstra p. 82
1929Bradysaurus vanderbyli Haughton and Boonstra p. 82
1997Bradysaurus seeleyi Lee p. 241

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
—Procolophonomorpha()
—Procolophonia()
—Hallucicrania
superfamilyPareiasauroideaNopsca 1928
—Pareiasauria()
genusBradysaurus
speciesseeleyi

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.

†Bradysaurus seeleyi Haughton and Boonstra 1929
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Invalid names: Bradysaurus vanderbyli Haughton and Boonstra 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. H. Haughton and L. D. Boonstra 1929Posterior border of cheek with well-defined bosses.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:32:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) Bradysaurus seeleyi (93085 93086 93097 198675 198719) Bradysaurus seeleyi, Bradysaurus vanderbyli (93096 198676) Bradysaurus vanderbyli (86388 93088) Pareiasaurus bombidens (type locality: 26710)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.14South Africa (Western Cape) Bradysaurus seeleyi (177588)