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Eunotosaurus africanus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Eunotosaurus africanus was named by Seeley (1892). Its type specimen is BMNH R1968, a partial skeleton (trunk vertebrae and associated ribs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Weltevreden (Prince Albert), which is in a Capitanian dry floodplain mudstone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Eunotosaurus africanus Seeley p. 583 figs. 1, 2
1893Eunotosaurus africanus Winkler p. 113
1913Eunotosaurus africanus Broom p. 364
1969Eunotosaurus africanus Cox p. 167 figs. 1-13; Pl. I
2000Eunotosaurus africanus Modesto pp. 15, 16 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
genusEunotosaurus
speciesafricanus

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.

†Eunotosaurus africanus Seeley 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Northern Cape) Eunotosaurus africanus (88394)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) Eunotosaurus africanus (type locality: 90244 92645 92646 92648)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Eastern Cape) Eunotosaurus africanus (92414)