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Ericiolacerta parva

Therocephalia - Ericiolacertidae

Taxonomy
Ericiolacerta parva was named by Watson (1931). It is not extant. Its type locality is Harrismith Commonage, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Normandien Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Ericiolacerta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Ericiolacerta parva Watson

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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)
familyEriciolacertidaeWatson and Romer 1956
genusEriciolacertaWatson 1931
speciesparvaWatson 1931

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.

Ericiolacerta parva Watson 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Olenekian or 251.90200 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7South Africa (East Cape) Ericiolacerta parva (188978)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Antarctica Ericiolacerta parva (87410)
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7South Africa (Free State) Ericiolacerta parva (type locality: 88282)