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Scaloposuchus rubidgei
Taxonomy
Scaloposuchus rubidgei was named by Broom (1940). Its type specimen is RC 18, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Osfontein, Graaff-Reinet, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Scaloposuchus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1940 | Scaloposuchus rubidgei Broom p. 73 |
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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.
†Scaloposuchus rubidgei Broom 1940
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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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 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) | Scaloposuchus rubidgei (type locality: 179588) |