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Aloposaurus tenuis

Osteichthyes - Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy
Aloposauroides tenuis was named by Brink and Kitching (1953). Its type specimen is BP/1/256, a skull (Flattened and crushed skull with lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saint Olives, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Aloposauroides.

It was recombined as Aloposaurus tenuis by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Cynarioides tenuis Broom
1953Aloposauroides tenuis Brink and Kitching p. 19
1989Aloposaurus tenuis Sigogneau-Russell

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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()
suborderGorgonopsia
familyGorgonopidae(Lydekker 1890)
subfamilyGorgonopsinaeSigogneau-Russell 1970
genusAloposaurusBroom 1910
speciestenuis()

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.

†Aloposaurus tenuis Brink and Kitching 1953
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Invalid names: Cynarioides tenuis Broom 1925 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14South Africa (Northern Cape) Cynarioides tenuis (174666)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902South Africa (Western Cape) Aloposauroides tenuis (80176)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902South Africa (Eastern Cape) Aloposauroides tenuis (type locality: 176917) Aloposaurus tenuis (80219)