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Moschops capensis
Taxonomy
Moschops capensis was named by Broom (1911). Its type specimen is AMNH 5550, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spitzkop, Graaff-Reinet, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa. It is the type species of Moschops.
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Synonymy list
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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.
†Moschops capensis Broom 1911
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Invalid names: Moschognathus whaitsi Broom 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 264.28000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Moschognathus whaitsi (179623) Moschops capensis (176250) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Moschops capensis (type locality: 144271) |