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Lumkuia fuzzi

Lumkuiidae

Taxonomy
Lumkuia fuzzi was named by Hopson and Kitching (2001). Its type specimen is BP/1/2669, a partial skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lumku Catholic Mission, which is in an Anisian fluvial sandstone in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Lumkuia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Lumkuia fuzzi Hopson and Kitching p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderEucynodontia
—Probainognathia
familyLumkuiidae
genusLumkuia
speciesfuzzi

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.

†Lumkuia fuzzi Hopson and Kitching 2001
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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: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464South Africa (Eastern Cape) Lumkuia fuzzi (type locality: 69697)