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Bradysaurus baini

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Pareiasaurus baini was named by Seeley (1892). Its type specimen is BMNH R1971, a skeleton (almost complete), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is De Bad farm, which is in a Capitanian dry floodplain mudstone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

It was recombined as Bradysaurus baini by Watson (1914), Haughton and Boonstra (1929) and Lee (1997).

Synonyms

Platyoropha broomi was named by Haughton and Boonstra (1929). Its type specimen is SAM 5002, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vogelfontein (Prince Albert), which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Platyoropha.

It was synonymized subjectively with Bradysaurus baini by Lee (1997).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1892	Pareiasaurus baini Seeley figs. Pls. 17-19, 21, 22
1913	Pareiasaurus baini Broom
1914	Bradysaurus baini Watson p. 101
1929	Bradysaurus baini Haughton and Boonstra p. 83
1929	Platyoropha broomi Haughton and Boonstra p. 85
1934	Pareiasaurus baini Swinton p. 55
1997	Bradysaurus baini Lee p. 247 figs. 3A-7A, 8A&B, 11A, 12A, 14A, 15A, 17A

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Parareptilia	Lawrence 1868
—	Procolophonomorpha	()
—	Procolophonia	()
—	Hallucicrania
superfamily	Pareiasauroidea	Nopsca 1928
—	Pareiasauria	()
genus	Bradysaurus
species	baini	()

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 baini Seeley 1892

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Invalid names: Platyoropha broomi Haughton and Boonstra 1929 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	South Africa (Western Cape)	Bradysaurus baini (13004 86388 93085 93100 178115 198677) Bradysaurus baini, Platyoropha broomi (93097) Pareiasaurus baini (type locality: 92648) Pareiasaurus bombidens (93084)