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Microvaranops parentis
Taxonomy
Microvaranops parentis was named by Spindler et al. (2018). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-K8305, a skeleton (skeletal aggregation containing one grown and four immature individuals), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beukesplaas, which is in a Capitanian floodplain mudstone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Microvaranops.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Microvaranops parentis Spindler et al. |
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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.
†Microvaranops parentis Spindler et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Heleosaurus scholtzi (type locality: 89626) |