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Galesphyrus capensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Galesphyrus capensis was named by Broom (1914). Its type specimen is SAM 2758, a partial skeleton (most of a skeleton except the skull), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Oorlog's Kloof, Calvinia, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial sandstone in South Africa. It is the type species of Galesphyrus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Galesphyrus capensis Broom p. 15 figs. 40 Pl. 4
1976Galesphyrus capensis Carroll p. 59 figs. 1, 2

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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
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
genusGalesphyrus
speciescapensis

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.

†Galesphyrus capensis Broom 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Galesphyrus capensis (115686)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Galesphyrus capensis (type locality: 115685)