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Emydops arctatus
Taxonomy
Kistecephalus arctatus was named by Owen (1876). Its type specimen is BMNH R. 1690, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Emydops arctatus by Broom (1913) and Fröbisch and Reisz (2011).
It was recombined as Emydops arctatus by Broom (1913) and Fröbisch and Reisz (2011).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1876 | Kistecephalus arctatus Owen |
1905 | Opisthoctenodon brachyops Broom |
1912 | Emydops minor Broom |
1913 | Emydops arctatus Broom |
1913 | Emydops minor Broom |
1915 | Pristerodon brachyops Broom |
1921 | Dicynodon ictinops Broom |
1921 | Emydops parvus Broom |
1921 | Emydopsis longus Broom |
1935 | Emydopsis minimus Broom |
1953 | Emydops longus Toerien |
1953 | Emydops minimus Toerien |
1954 | Dicynodon ictinops Haughton and Brink |
1969 | Pristerodon brachyops Boonstra |
1983 | Emydops brachyops Cluver and King |
1988 | Dicynodon ictinops King |
2011 | Emydops arctatus Fröbisch and Reisz |
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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.
†Emydops arctatus Owen 1876
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Invalid names: Dicynodon ictinops Broom 1921 [synonym], Emydops brachyops Broom 1905 [synonym], Emydops longus Broom 1921 [synonym], Emydops minimus Broom 1935 [synonym], Emydops minor Broom 1912 [synonym], Emydops parvus Broom 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Capitanian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Guadalupian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Opisthoctenodon brachyops (177007) | |
Capitanian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Pristerodon brachyops (179623) | |
Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Dicynodon ictinops (176923) Emydops minor (86282 86285 86299 175565) | |
Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Emydopsis longus (174666) Emydopsis minimus (178870) | |
Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Emydops minimus (174734) | |
Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern cape) | Emydops parvus (180787) | |
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Dicynodon ictinops (80176) |