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Embrithosaurus schwarzi
Taxonomy
Embrithosaurus schwarzi was named by Watson (1914). Its type specimen is SAM 8034, a partial skeleton (skull and partial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hoogeveld, Lot A, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Embrithosaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Embrithosaurus schwarzi Watson |
| 1997 | Embrithosaurus schwarzi Lee p. 251 |
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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.
†Embrithosaurus schwarzi Watson 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, 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 (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Embrithosaurus schwarzi (93088 type locality: 198028) |