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Brachyprosopus broomi

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Brachyprosopus broomi was named by Olson (1937). Its type specimen is FMNH UC 1561, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hottentotsrivier Farm, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

It was recombined as Brachyuraniscus broomi by Toerien (1953), Boonstra (1969).

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2014-05-20; modified by R. Butler on 2016-02-08

Synonyms
  • Chelydontops altidentalis was named by Cluver (1975). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-11558, a partial skeleton ( partial skull and mandible, including a damaged snout and anterior portion of the palate, the skull roof, basicranium, and occiput, a portion of the left mandi), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is De Cypher farm, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Brachyprosopus broomi by Angielczyk et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Brachyprosopus broomi Olson p. 851–852 fig. 1–4
1953Brachyuraniscus broomi Toerien p. 65
1969Brachyuraniscus broomi Boonstra
1975Chelydontops altidentalis Cluver
2016Brachyprosopus broomi Angielczyk et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
genusBrachyprosopus
speciesbroomi

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.

†Brachyprosopus broomi Olson 1937
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Invalid names: Chelydontops altidentalis Cluver 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. C. Olson 1937The only known species of the genus. Specific characters are described in Table 1.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51South Africa (Eastern Cape) Brachyprosopus broomi (176347)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) Brachyprosopus broomi (type locality: 13004 93096 93100) Chelydontops altidentalis (176349)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Northern Cape) Brachyprosopus broomi (89626)