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Colobodectes cluveri

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Colobodectes cluveri was named by Modesto et al. (2003). Its type specimen is NMQR 3329, a partial skull (skull lacking zygoma, circumtemporal and jaw suspension elements, and the lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Farm Vleikraal (upper), which is in a Lopingian delta plain sandstone/mudstone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Colobodectes cluveri Modesto et al.
2009Colobodectes cluveri Angielczyk and Rubidge
2023Colobodectes cluveri Rubidge et al. p. 3

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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()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
suborderDicynodontia()
genusColobodectes
speciescluveri

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.

Colobodectes cluveri Modesto et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:20
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:20
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Lopingian or 264.28000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) Colobodectes cluveri (232542)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902South Africa (Northern Cape) Colobodectes cluveri (type locality: 199946 232551 232552 232553 232554)