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Thabanchuia oomie

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Tupilakosauridae

Taxonomy
Thabanchuia oomie was named by Warren (1998). Its type specimen is UCMP 42780, a partial skeleton (Almost complete skull, attached mandibular rami and pectoral girdle with several centra, branchial arches and a median branchial element), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP V4744, Thaba N'chu, which is in an Induan terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Thabanchuia oomie Warren
2003Thabanchuia oomie Damiani and Rubidge p. 23
2013Thabanchuia oomie Schoch
2014Thabanchuia oomie Schoch and Milner p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Dvinosauria
superfamilyDvinosauroideaSäve-Söderbergh 1935
familyTupilakosauridaeKuhn 1960
genusThabanchuia
speciesoomie

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.

Thabanchuia oomie Warren 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Induan or 252.17000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Free State) Thabanchuia oomie (type locality: 145516)