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Bolotridon frerensis

Osteichthyes - Galesauridae

Taxonomy
Tribolodon frerensis was named by Seeley (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lady Frere Commonage, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Tribolodon, Bolotridon.

It was recombined as Bolotridon frerensis by Coad (1977).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Tribolodon frerensis Seeley
1895Tribolodon frerensis Seeley p. 145
1977Bolotridon frerensis Coad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Epicynodontia
familyGalesauridaeLydekker 1890
genusBolotridon
speciesfrerensis()

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.

Bolotridon frerensis Seeley 1895
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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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464South Africa (Eastern Cape) Tribolodon frerensis (type locality: 105295)