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Galesaurus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Galesaurus Owen p. 58 figs. Pl. 2
1861Galesaurus Owen p. 267
1913Galesaurus Broom
1928Galesaurus Perrier p. 3085
1988Galesaurus Carroll
2012Galesaurus Bonaparte

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderProcynosuchia
—Galesauria
genusGalesaurus

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.

G. †Galesaurus Owen 1860
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†Galesaurus planiceps Owen 1860
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Invalid names: Glochinodon detinens van Hoepen 1916 [synonym], Glochinodontoides gracilis Haughton 1924 [synonym], Notictosaurus gracilis Broom and Robinson 1948 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 20:49:37
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:49:37
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Induan or 252.17000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) G. planiceps (144320)
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Free State) Glochinodontoides gracilis (80140)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) G. planiceps (105609)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Estcourt) G. planiceps (196394)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) G. planiceps (105606)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) G. planiceps (88282 98602)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) G. paniceps (181691) G. planiceps (105610)