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Cistecephalus platyceps
Taxonomy
Cistecephalus platyceps was named by Broom (1948). It is not extant. Its type specimen is RC 68, a skull. Its type locality is Murraysburg Commonage (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1948 | Cistecephalus platyceps Broom |
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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.
†Cistecephalus platyceps Broom 1948
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Cistecephalus platyceps (type locality: 180462) |