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Karoopes gansfonteinensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Karoopes gansfonteinensis was named by Marchetti et al. (2019). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is GF-TR 1 (cast Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, SAM-NN 1), a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Gansfontein, Fraserburg, which is in a Capitanian fluvial horizon in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

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by B. Allen on 2022-03-21

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Karoopes gansfonteinensis Marchetti et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
genusKaroopes
speciesgansfonteinensis

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.

Karoopes gansfonteinensis Marchetti et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa Karoopes gansfonteinensis (type locality: 224581 224582)