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Trochosuchus major
Taxonomy
Trochosuchus major was named by Broom (1915). It is not extant. Its type specimen is AMNH 5543. Its type locality is Rietfontein, which is in a Capitanian dry floodplain mudstone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1915 | Trochosuchus major Broom p. 121 fig. 9 |
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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.
†Trochosuchus major Broom 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Trochosuchus major (type locality: 92645) |