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Clelandina rubidgei

Osteichthyes - Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy
Clelandina rubidgei was named by Broom (1948). Its type specimen is RC 57, a skull (Fragments of a flattened skull, with lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Adendorp, Graaff-Reinet, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Clelandina.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Clelandina major Broom
1948Clelandina rubidgei Broom
1950Tigrisaurus pricei Broom and George p. 188 figs. 1-2
1953Dracocephalus scheepersi Brink and Kitching
1956Dinogorgon scheepersi Watson and Romer
1970Clelandina scheepersi Sigogneau
1970Dinogorgon pricei Sigogneau
1989Clelandina rubidgei Sigogneau-Russell
1989Clelandina scheepersi Sigogneau-Russell
1989Dinogorgon pricei Sigogneau-Russell
2007Clelandina scheepersi Gebauer
2007Rubidgea pricei Gebauer
2016Clelandina rubidgei Kammerer
2017Clelandina rubidgei Kammerer

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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()
suborderGorgonopsia
familyGorgonopidae(Lydekker 1890)
subfamilyRubidgeinae
tribeRubidgeiniBroom 1938
genusClelandina
speciesrubidgei

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.

†Clelandina rubidgei Broom 1948
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Invalid names: Clelandina major Broom 1948 [synonym], Dracocephalus scheepersi Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym], Tigrisaurus pricei Broom and George 1950 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14South Africa (Eastern Cape) Clelandina major (80826 178274) Clelandina rubidgei (type locality: 178113)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902South Africa (Western Cape) Tigrisaurus pricei (178477)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902South Africa (Eastern Cape) Clelandina rubidgei (174735) Dracocephalus scheepersi (177563)