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Emydorhinus sciuroides
Taxonomy
Emydopsis sciuroides was named by Broom (1921). Its type specimen is BMNH 4958, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is New Bethesda Commonage, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.
It was recombined as Emydorhinus sciuroides by Broom (1935) and King (1988).
It was recombined as Emydorhinus sciuroides by Broom (1935) and King (1988).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
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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.
†Emydorhinus sciuroides Broom 1921
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Invalid names: Emydorhinus fragilis Broom 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Emydopsis sciuroides, Emydorhinus fragilis (80219) |