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Mesosuchus browni

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Mesosuchus browni was named by Watson (1912). Its type specimen is SAM 5882, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Euparkeria site, Aliwal North, which is in an Anisian dry floodplain sandstone in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Mesosuchus browni Watson
1913Mesosuchus browni Broom p. 619
1998Mesosuchus browni Dilkes p. 503
2011Mesosuchus browni Nesbitt p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—Rhynchosauria()
genusMesosuchusWatson 1912
speciesbrowniWatson 1912

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.

†Mesosuchus browni Watson 1912
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:37:19
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:37:19
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) Mesosuchus browni (type locality: 85943)