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Anteosaurus magnificus
Taxonomy
Anteosaurus magnificus was named by Watson (1921). Its type specimen is BMNH R3595, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tamboers Fontein, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Anteosaurus.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1921 | Anteosaurus magnificus Watson |
1929 | Anteosaurus minor Broom |
1935 | Titanognathus lotzi Broili and Schröder |
1936 | Dinosuchus vorsteri Broom |
1954 | Anteosaurus abeli Boonstra |
1954 | Anteosaurus acutirostris Boonstra |
1954 | Anteosaurus crassifrons Boonstra |
1954 | Anteosaurus cruentus Boonstra |
1954 | Anteosaurus laticeps Boonstra |
1954 | Anteosaurus levops Boonstra |
1954 | Anteosaurus lotzi Boonstra |
1954 | Anteosaurus minusculus Boonstra |
1954 | Micranteosaurus parvus Boonstra |
1954 | Paranteosaurus primus Boonstra |
1954 | Pseudanteosaurus minor Boonstra |
2011 | Anteosaurus magnificus Kammerer |
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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.
†Anteosaurus magnificus Watson 1921
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Invalid names: Anteosaurus abeli Boonstra 1954 [synonym], Anteosaurus acutirostris Boonstra 1954 [synonym], Anteosaurus crassifrons Boonstra 1954 [synonym], Anteosaurus cruentus Boonstra 1954 [synonym], Anteosaurus laticeps Boonstra 1954 [synonym], Anteosaurus levops Boonstra 1954 [synonym], Anteosaurus lotzi Broili and Schröder 1935 [synonym], Anteosaurus minor Broom 1929 [synonym], Anteosaurus minusculus Boonstra 1954 [synonym], Anteosaurus parvus Boonstra 1954 [synonym], Anteosaurus vorsteri Broom 1936 [synonym], Paranteosaurus primus Boonstra 1954 [synonym]
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 (13 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Capitanian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Anteosaurus abeli (198714) | |
Capitanian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Anteosaurus abeli (93097 176314) Anteosaurus acutirostris (198675) Anteosaurus cruentus (198715) Anteosaurus laticeps (198723) Anteosaurus magnificus (86388 type locality: 93084) Anteosaurus magnificus, Anteosaurus crassifrons (176355) Anteosaurus minor (198694) Dinosuchus vorsteri (198720) Paranteosaurus primus, Anteosaurus levops (93096) Titanognathus lotzi (198697) |