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Tritheledon riconoi
Taxonomy
Tritheledon riconoi was named by Broom (1912). Its type specimen is SAM 1885, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Paballong, Mount Fletcher (zone B/2), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Elliot Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Tritheledon.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1912 | Tritheledon riconoi Broom |
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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.
†Tritheledon riconoi Broom 1912
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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, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hettangian - Sinemurian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Tritheledon riconoi (type locality: 36669) |