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Thrinaxodon liorhinus
Taxonomy
Thrinaxodon liorhinus was named by Seeley (1894). Its type specimen is BMNH R 511, a skull (complete skull with lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Thaba Nchu Commonage, Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Thrinaxodon.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1876 | Nythosaurus larvatus Owen |
| 1894 | Thrinaxodon liorhinus Seeley p. 991 fig. 1b |
| 1912 | Ictidopsis elegans Broom |
| 1913 | Ictidopsis elegans Broom |
| 1913 | Nythosaurus larvatus Broom |
| 1916 | Ictidopsis formosa van Hoepen |
| 1932 | Thrinaxodon putterilli Broom |
| 1936 | Notictosaurus luckhoffi Broom |
| 1937 | Micrictodon marionae Broom p. 315 fig. 15 |
| 1972 | Thrinaxodon liorhinus Hopson and Kitching |
| 1977 | Thrinaxodon liorhinus Colbert and Kitching p. 3 figs. 1-22 |
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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.
†Thrinaxodon liorhinus Seeley 1894
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Invalid names: Ictidopsis elegans Broom 1912 [synonym], Ictidopsis formosa van Hoepen 1916 [synonym], Micrictodon marionae Broom 1937 [synonym], Notictosaurus luckhoffi Broom 1936 [synonym], Nythosaurus larvatus Owen 1876 [synonym], Thrinaxodon putterilli Broom 1932 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Triassic | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Thrinaxodon liorhinus (105606) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | Antarctica | Thrinaxodon liorhinus (27266 87420) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | South Africa | Thrinaxodon liorhinus (190133) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | South Africa (Venterstad) | Thrinaxodon liorhinus (196395) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (Free State) | Nythosaurus larvatus (181689) Thrinaxodon liorhinus (88300 98602 105607 type locality: 181690) Thrinaxodon liorhinus, Thrinaxodon putterilli, Micrictodon marionae (88282) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Thrinaxodon liorhinus (105610 181691) Thrinaxodon liorhinus, Notictosaurus luckhoffi (177605) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) | Thrinaxodon liorhinus (34815) |