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Brachyprosopus broomi
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) and Boonstra (1969).
It was recombined as Brachyuraniscus broomi by Toerien (1953) and Boonstra (1969).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1937 | Brachyprosopus broomi Olson p. 851–852 fig. 1–4 |
1953 | Brachyuraniscus broomi Toerien p. 65 |
1969 | Brachyuraniscus broomi Boonstra |
1975 | Chelydontops altidentalis Cluver |
2016 | Brachyprosopus broomi Angielczyk 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.
†Brachyprosopus broomi Olson 1937
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Invalid names: Chelydontops altidentalis Cluver 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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E. C. Olson 1937 | The only known species of the genus. Specific characters are described in Table 1. |
Measurements
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Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Wordian - Capitanian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Brachyprosopus broomi (176347) | |
Capitanian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Brachyprosopus broomi (89626) | |
Capitanian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Brachyprosopus broomi (type locality: 13004 93096 93100) Chelydontops altidentalis (176349) |