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Lystrosaurus murrayi

Anomodontia - Lystrosauridae

Taxonomy
Dicynodon murrayi was named by Huxley (1859). Its type specimen is NHMUK R1291, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Colesberg district, which is in an Induan terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

It was recombined as Ptychognathus murrayi by Owen (1860); it was replaced with Ptychosiagum murrayi by Lydekker (1890); it was recombined as Lystrosaurus murrayi by Seeley (1898), King (1988) and Kammerer et al. (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Dicynodon murrayi Huxley
1860Ptychognathus murrayi Owen
1860Dicynodon (Ptychognathus) verticalis Owen p. 54
1865Dicynodon orientalis Huxley p. 8
1870Lystrosaurus frontosus Cope
1876Ptychognathus boopis Owen
1889Dicynodon copei Seeley
1890Ptychosiagum murrayi Lydekker
1898Lystrosaurus murrayi Seeley
1915Lystrosaurus breyeri Van Hoepen
1916Lystrosaurus jeppei Van Hoepen
1917Prolystrosaurus natalensis Haughton
1940Lystrosaurus rubidgei Broom
1941Lystrosaurus bothai Broom
1961Lystrosaurus orientalis Tripathi
1963Lystrosaurus rajurkari Tripathi and Satsangi
1988Lystrosaurus murrayi King
2011Lystrosaurus murrayi Kammerer et al.

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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()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
familyLystrosauridae
genusLystrosaurusCope 1870
speciesmurrayi()

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.

Lystrosaurus murrayi Huxley 1859
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Invalid names: Dicynodon (Ptychognathus) verticalis Owen 1860 [synonym], Dicynodon copei Seeley 1889 [synonym], Dicynodon orientalis Huxley 1865 [synonym], Lystrosaurus bothai Broom 1941 [synonym], Lystrosaurus breyeri Van Hoepen 1915 [synonym], Lystrosaurus frontosus Cope 1870 [synonym], Lystrosaurus jeppei Van Hoepen 1916 [synonym], Lystrosaurus rajurkari Tripathi and Satsangi 1963 [synonym], Lystrosaurus rubidgei Broom 1940 [synonym], Prolystrosaurus natalensis Haughton 1917 [synonym], Ptychognathus boopis Owen 1876 [synonym], Ptychosiagum murrayi Lydekker 1890 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 20:48:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:48:45
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Induan or 259.90000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Lystrosaurus rubidgei (176336)
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Dicynodon verticalis, Lystrosaurus murrayi (144320) Lystrosaurus murrayi (176503)
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Free State) Lystrosaurus murrayi (80140 144333 195278)
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Northern Cape) Dicynodon murrayi (177589) Lystrosaurus murrayi (105718)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) Lystrosaurus murrayi (117183)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Lystrosaurus bothai (196535) Lystrosaurus murrayi (105606 117176 117184)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) Lystrosaurus murrayi (105603)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Lystrosaurus murrayi (85948 105610 177605 181691)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Lystrosaurus murrayi (34815)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) Lystrosaurus murrayi (98602 105607 144326 181689 181690) Lystrosaurus murrayi, Lystrosaurus breyeri, Lystrosaurus jeppei (88282)
Induan - Smithian252.17 - 247.2India (West Bengal) Dicynodon orientalis (117188) Lystrosaurus murrayi (136562 136564 136565) Lystrosaurus murrayi, Lystrosaurus maccagi (136560) Lystrosaurus murrayi, Lystrosaurus rajurkari, Lystrosaurus platyceps (136563) Lystrosaurus orientalis (98624 136552 136553 136555 136556 136557 136558 136559)