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Moschorhinus kitchingi
Taxonomy
Moschorhinus kitchingi was named by Broom (1920). Its type specimen is BMNH R5698, a partial skull (Snout), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bethesda Road Area, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Moschorhinus.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1907 | Scymnosaurus warreni Broom |
| 1913 | Scymnosaurus warreni Broom |
| 1920 | Moschorhinus kitchingi Broom |
| 1936 | Moschorhinus minor Broom |
| 1940 | Moschorhinus esterhuyseni Broom |
| 1954 | Moschorhinus esterhuyseni Brink |
| 1954 | Moschorhinus kitchingi Brink |
| 1954 | Moschorhinus minor Brink |
| 1954 | Moschorhinus warreni Brink |
| 1958 | Moschorhinus natalensis Brink |
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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.
†Moschorhinus kitchingi Broom 1920
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Invalid names: Moschorhinus esterhuyseni Broom 1940 [synonym], Moschorhinus minor Broom 1936 [synonym], Moschorhinus natalensis Brink 1958 [synonym], Moschorhinus warreni Broom 1907 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Induan or 259.90000 to 251.20000 Ma
Collections (26 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Moschorhinus kitchingi (179072) | |
| Lopingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Moschorhinus kitchingi (196575 196577 196579) | |
| Lopingian | South Africa | Moschorhinus kitchingi (190137) | |
| Lopingian | South Africa (Free State) | Moschorhinus kitchingi (196576) | |
| Lopingian | South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) | Moschorhinus kitchingi (196578) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Free State) | Moschorhinus kitchingi (179592) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Moschorhinus esterhuyseni (176312) Moschorhinus kitchingi (type locality: 176336) Moschorhinus minor (177604) | |
| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) | Moschorhinus kitchingi (176319) Moschorhinus warreni (179618) | |
| Lopingian - Early/Lower Triassic | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Moschorhinus kitchingi (196580) | |
| Induan | South Africa (Free State) | Moschorhinus kitchingi (144333) | |
| Induan | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Moschorhinus kitchingi (195281) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) | Moschorhinus natalensis (105603) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | South Africa (East Cape) | Moschorhinus kitchingi (188978) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | South Africa (Free State) | Moschorhinus kitchingi (117183 196588) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (Free State) | Moschorhinus kitchingi (98602 181690) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Moschorhinus kitchingi (105610 181691 182579) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) | Moschorhinus kitchingi (34815) |