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Laccosaurus
Taxonomy
Laccosaurus was named by Haughton (1925). Its type is Laccosaurus watsoni.
It was assigned to Rhinesuchidae by Haughton (1925), Schoch and Milner (2000), Damiani and Rubidge (2003) and Eltink et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Rhinesuchidae by Haughton (1925), Schoch and Milner (2000), Damiani and Rubidge (2003) and Eltink et al. (2019).
Species
L. watsoni (type species)
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Laccosaurus Haughton p. 234 figs. 5-7 |
| 1962 | Muchocephalus Watson |
| 1988 | Muchocephalus Carroll |
| 2000 | Muchocephalus Schoch and Milner p. 70 |
| 2000 | Laccosaurus Schoch and Milner p. 74 |
| 2003 | Laccosaurus Damiani and Rubidge p. 29 |
| 2019 | Laccosaurus Eltink et al. |
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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.
G. †Laccosaurus Haughton 1925
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†Laccosaurus watsoni Haughton 1925
Invalid names: Muchocephalus Watson 1962 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | L. watsoni (144272) |