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Walteria skinneri

Theriodontia

Taxonomy
Walteria skinneri was named by Brink and Kitching (1951). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elandsfontein, Beaufort West, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. jeffersoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Walteria skinneri Brink and Kitching

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
—Eutherapsida
—Neotherapsida
orderTheriodontiaOwen 1876
genusWalteriaBrink and Kitching 1951
speciesskinneriBrink and Kitching 1951

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.

†Walteria skinneri Brink and Kitching 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) Walteria skinneri (type locality: 198713)