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Rhineceps nyasaensis
Taxonomy
Rhinesuchus nyasaensis was named by Haughton (1926). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-7866, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossils 'B2', Upper Bone Bed, Chiweta, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Chiweta Beds Formation of Malawi. It is the type species of Rhineceps.
It was recombined as Rhineceps nyasaensis by Schoch and Milner (2000).
It was recombined as Rhineceps nyasaensis by Schoch and Milner (2000).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1926 | Rhinesuchus nyasaensis Haughton |
| 1927 | Rhinesuchus nyasaensis Haughton |
| 2000 | Rhineceps nyasaensis Schoch and Milner p. 70 |
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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.
†Rhineceps nyasaensis Haughton 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | Malawi (Northern Region) | Rhinesuchus nyasaensis (176291) |