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Sesamondontoides pauli

Therocephalia - Bauriidae

Taxonomy
Sesamondontoides pauli was named by Broom (1950). Its type specimen is RC 114, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lumku Farm, Lady Frere, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Sesamondontoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Sesamondontoides pauli Broom

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamilyBaurioideaBroom 1911
—Bauriamorpha(Watson)
familyBauriidaeWatson 1911
genusSesamondontoides
speciespauli

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.

†Sesamondontoides pauli Broom 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoref
Created: 2009-01-03 20:36:43
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:36:43
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464South Africa (Eastern Cape) Sesamondontoides pauli (type locality: 179589)