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Lystrosaurus curvatus

Anomodontia - Lystrosauridae

Taxonomy
Dicynodon curvatus was named by Owen (1876). Its type specimen is NHMUK R3792, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elandsberg, which is in an Induan terrestrial horizon in the Katberg Formation of South Africa.

It was recombined as Lystrosaurus curvatus by Broom (1932), King (1988) and King and Jenkins (1997).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Dicynodon curvatus Owen
1898Lystrosaurus platyceps Seeley
1913Dicynodon curvatus Broom
1913Lystrosaurus andersoni Broom
1915Lystrosaurus oviceps Haughton
1916Lystrosaurus jorisseni Van Hoepen
1916Lystrosaurus theileri Van Hoepen
1916Lystrosaurus wageri Van Hoepen
1932Lystrosaurus curvatus Broom
1988Lystrosaurus curvatus King
1988Lystrosaurus oviceps King
1988Lystrosaurus platyceps King
1997Lystrosaurus curvatus King and Jenkins p. 150

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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
speciescurvatus()

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 curvatus Owen 1876
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Invalid names: Lystrosaurus andersoni Broom [synonym], Lystrosaurus jorisseni Van Hoepen 1916 [synonym], Lystrosaurus oviceps Haughton 1915 [synonym], Lystrosaurus platyceps Seeley 1898 [synonym], Lystrosaurus theileri Van Hoepen 1916 [synonym], Lystrosaurus wageri Van Hoepen 1916 [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: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Induan or 252.17000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Dicynodon curvatus (type locality: 176503) Lystrosaurus curvatus (144320)
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Free State) Lystrosaurus curvatus (195278) Lystrosaurus oviceps, Lystrosaurus curvatus (80140)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) Lystrosaurus platyceps, Lystrosaurus curvatus (117183)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) Lystrosaurus oviceps (105603)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Antarctica Lystrosaurus curvatus (87414)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Lystrosaurus curvatus (105606)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) Lystrosaurus curvatus (98602) Lystrosaurus platyceps (144326) Lystrosaurus wageri, Lystrosaurus jorisseni, Lystrosaurus theileri, Lystrosaurus curvatus (88282)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Lystrosaurus curvatus (34815)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Lystrosaurus curvatus (105610 177605) Lystrosaurus oviceps (85948) Lystrosaurus platyceps, Lystrosaurus curvatus (181691)