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Vulcanodon karibaensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Vulcanodon karibaensis was named by Raath (1972). Its type specimen is QG24, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lake Kariba Island 126/127, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian terrestrial sandstone in the Forest Sandstone Formation of Zimbabwe. It is the type species of Vulcanodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Vulcanodon karibaensis Raath
1977Vulcanodon karibaensis Taquet p. 327
1979Vulcanodon karibaensis Jain et al. p. 206
1986Vulcanodon karibaensis Bonaparte p. 249
1990Vulcanodon karibaensis McIntosh p. 346
1992Vulcanodon karibaensis Farlow p. 91
1995Vulcanodon karibaensis Upchurch p. 370
1997Vulcanodon karibaensis Salgado et al. p. 5
1998Vulcanodon karibaensis Wilson and Sereno p. 8
2002Vulcanodon karibaensis Wilson p. 271
2003Vulcanodon karibaensis Avanzini et al. p. 190
2003Vulcanodon karibaensis Bandyopadhyay et al. p. 31A
2004Vulcanodon karibaensis Upchurch et al. p. 261
2004Vulcanodon karibaensis de Almeida et al. p. 242
2006Vulcanodon karibaensis Moser et al. p. 44
2007Vulcanodon karibaensis Upchurch et al. p. 76
2008Vulcanodon karibaensis Allain and Aquesbi p. 400
2009Vulcanodon karibaensis Barrett p. 1032
2009Vulcanodon karibaensis Lü et al. p. 54
2009Vulcanodon karibaensis Pienkowski et al. p. 461
2010Vulcanodon karibaensis Bandyopadhyay et al. p. 535
2014Vulcanodon karibaensis Mocho et al.
2020Vulcanodon karibaensis Moro et al.
2021Vulcanodon karibaensis Holwerda et al. p. 576
2021Vulcanodon karibaensis Ren et al. p. 1878

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
genusVulcanodon
specieskaribaensis

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.

†Vulcanodon karibaensis Raath 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2005-08-24 13:34:42
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:34:42
Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 199.30000 to 182.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.3 - 182.7Zimbabwe (Mashonaland North) Sauropoda indet. (type locality: 34768)