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Sauropareion anoplus
Taxonomy
Sauropareion anoplus was named by Modesto et al. (2001). Its type specimen is SAM PK-11192, a partial skeleton (cranium, partial mandible, partial cervical vertebral series, a disarticulated dorsal neural arch, pectoral girdle elements, and left humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barendskraal Farm, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial mudstone in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Sauropareion anoplus Modesto et al. p. 2047 fig. 1 |
| 2007 | Sauropareion anoplus Modesto and Damiani p. 338 figs. 1-6 |
| 2011 | Sauropareion anoplus MacDougall and Modesto p. 271 |
| 2013 | Sauropareion anoplus MacDougall et al. p. 739 |
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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.
†Sauropareion anoplus Modesto et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Triassic | South Africa (East Cape) | Sauropareion anoplus (188978) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Sauropareion anoplus (type locality: 85948 171371) |