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Choerosaurus

Therocephalia - Lycideopidae

Taxonomy
Choerosaurus was named by Haughton (1929). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Therocephalia by Haughton (1929); and to Lycideopidae by Sigurdsen et al. (2012).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Choerosaurus Haughton
2012Choerosaurus Sigurdsen et al. p. 1114

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamilyBaurioideaBroom 1911
familyLycideopidae(Broom 1931)
genusChoerosaurus

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. †Choerosaurus Haughton 1929
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Choerosaurus dejageri Haughton 1929
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Guadalupian or 259.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51South Africa (Free State) C. dejageri (188666 188669)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) C. dejageri (175565)