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Thrinaxodon liorhinus

Taxonomy
Thrinaxodon liorhinus was named by Seeley (1894). Its type specimen is BMNH R 511, a skull (complete skull with lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Thaba Nchu Commonage, Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Thrinaxodon.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Nythosaurus larvatus Owen
1894Thrinaxodon liorhinus Seeley p. 991 fig. 1b
1912Ictidopsis elegans Broom
1913Ictidopsis elegans Broom
1913Nythosaurus larvatus Broom
1916Ictidopsis formosa van Hoepen
1932Thrinaxodon putterilli Broom
1936Notictosaurus luckhoffi Broom
1937Micrictodon marionae Broom p. 315 fig. 15
1972Thrinaxodon liorhinus Hopson and Kitching
1977Thrinaxodon liorhinus Colbert and Kitching p. 3 figs. 1-22

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderProcynosuchia
—Galesauria
genusThrinaxodon
speciesliorhinus

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.

†Thrinaxodon liorhinus Seeley 1894
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Invalid names: Ictidopsis elegans Broom 1912 [synonym], Ictidopsis formosa van Hoepen 1916 [synonym], Micrictodon marionae Broom 1937 [synonym], Notictosaurus luckhoffi Broom 1936 [synonym], Nythosaurus larvatus Owen 1876 [synonym], Thrinaxodon putterilli Broom 1932 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 20:49:56
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:49:56
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Olenekian or 251.90200 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7South Africa (Venterstad) Thrinaxodon liorhinus (196395)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7South Africa Thrinaxodon liorhinus (190133)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Antarctica Thrinaxodon liorhinus (27266 87420)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7South Africa (Eastern Cape) Thrinaxodon liorhinus (105606)
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7South Africa (Eastern Cape) Thrinaxodon liorhinus (105610 181691) Thrinaxodon liorhinus, Notictosaurus luckhoffi (177605)
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Thrinaxodon liorhinus (34815)
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7South Africa (Free State) Nythosaurus larvatus (181689) Thrinaxodon liorhinus (88300 98602 105607 type locality: 181690) Thrinaxodon liorhinus, Thrinaxodon putterilli, Micrictodon marionae (88282)