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Langbergia modisei

Osteichthyes - Trirachodontidae

Taxonomy
Langbergia modisei was named by Abdala et al. (2006). Its type specimen is NMQR 3255, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Langberg 556, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Langbergia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Langbergia modisei Abdala et al. p. 386

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Epicynodontia
infraorderCynognathia
Gomphodontia(Seeley 1895)
familyTrirachodontidaeRomer 1967
genusLangbergia
speciesmodisei

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.

Langbergia modisei Abdala et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Olenekian or 249.90000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7South Africa (Free State) Langbergia modisei (type locality: 98611 98612 98613 98614 98615 98616 98617 98618 98619)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7South Africa (Eastern Cape) Langbergia modisei (98620)