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Bradysaurus seeleyi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Bradysaurus seeleyi was named by Haughton and Boonstra (1929). Its type specimen is BMNH 49426, a partial skeleton (complete skull and lower jaw, partial vertebral column, some ribs, osteoderms, and parts of girdles), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Palmietfontein, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Bradysaurus seeleyi Haughton and Boonstra p. 82
1929Bradysaurus vanderbyli Haughton and Boonstra p. 82
1997Bradysaurus seeleyi Lee p. 241

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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
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
—Procolophonomorpha()
—Procolophonia()
—Hallucicrania
superfamilyPareiasauroideaNopsca 1928
—Pareiasauria()
genusBradysaurus
speciesseeleyi

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.

†Bradysaurus seeleyi Haughton and Boonstra 1929
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Invalid names: Bradysaurus vanderbyli Haughton and Boonstra 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. H. Haughton and L. D. Boonstra 1929Posterior border of cheek with well-defined bosses.