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Lophorhinus willodenensis
Taxonomy
Lophorhinus willodenensis was named by Sidor and Smith (2007). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-K6655, a partial skull (anterior half of skull lacking lower jaws and most of palate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Willodene Farm, Locality 12, which is in a Wuchiapingian crevasse splay siltstone/mudstone in the Teekloof Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Lophorhinus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2007 | Lophorhinus willodenensis Sidor and Smith p. 422 figs. 3-6 |
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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.
†Lophorhinus willodenensis Sidor and Smith 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Lophorhinus willodenensis (type locality: 86276) |