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Aulacephalodon bainii
Taxonomy
Dicynodon bainii was named by Owen (1845). Its type specimen is NHMUK 36228, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fort Beaufort, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial lime mudstone in South Africa. It is the type species of Aulacocephalodon.
It was misspelled as Aulacocephalodon bainii by Broom (1932) and Swinton (1934); it was recombined as Aulacephalodon bainii by Seeley (1898) and King (1988).
It was misspelled as Aulacocephalodon bainii by Broom (1932) and Swinton (1934); it was recombined as Aulacephalodon bainii by Seeley (1898) and King (1988).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1845 | Dicynodon bainii Owen |
1855 | Dicynodon tigriceps Owen |
1859 | Dicynodon tigriceps Owen p. 143 |
1860 | Dicynodon tigriceps Owen p. 237 |
1898 | Aulacephalodon bainii Seeley |
1912 | Dicynodon laticeps Broom |
1913 | Dicynodon tigriceps Broom |
1921 | Bainia haughtoni Broom |
1921 | Bainia peavoti Broom |
1921 | Bainia tigriceps Broom |
1932 | Aulacocephalodon bainii Broom |
1932 | Aulacocephalodon haughtoni Broom |
1932 | Aulacocephalodon peavoti Broom |
1932 | Aulacocephalodon tigriceps Broom |
1932 | Aulacocephalodon latissimus Broom pp. 196-198 fig. 65 |
1934 | Aulacocephalodon bainii Swinton p. 50 |
1937 | Aulacocephalodon luckhoffi Broom p. 310 fig. 11 |
1937 | Aulacocephalodon hartzenbergi Broom p. 312 fig. 12 |
1948 | Aulacocephalodon cadlei Broom p. 615 |
1950 | Aulacocephalodon pricei Broom and George p. 277 |
1950 | Aulacocephalodon vanderhorsti Broom and George p. 277 |
1955 | Proaulacocephalodon miltoni Toerien pp. 67-68 |
1960 | Dicynodon bolorhinoides Watson |
1988 | Aulacephalodon bainii King |
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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.
†Aulacephalodon bainii Owen 1845
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Invalid names: Aulacocephalodon cadlei Broom 1948 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon hartzenbergi Broom 1937 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon haughtoni Broom 1921 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon latissimus Broom 1932 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon luckhoffi Broom 1937 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon peavoti Broom 1921 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon pricei Broom and George 1950 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon tigriceps Owen 1855 [synonym], Aulacocephalodon vanderhorsti Broom and George 1950 [synonym], Dicynodon bolorhinoides Watson 1960 [synonym], Dicynodon laticeps Broom 1912 [synonym], Proaulacocephalodon miltoni Toerien 1955 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983 |
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections (19 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Aulacephalodon bainii (80826 144272 176339 179335) Aulacocephalodon hartzenbergi (176310) Bainia haughtoni (180677) | |
Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Graaff-Reinet) | Aulacephalodon bainii (171378) | |
Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Bainia peavoti (174666) | |
Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Aulacephalodon bainii (180347 180462) Aulacocephalodon vanderhorsti (178734) Dicynodon bolorhinoides (175565) | |
Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Limpopo) | Dicynodon laticeps (178198) | |
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Aulacocephalodon pricei (80176) Proaulacocephalodon miltoni (178477) | |
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Aulacephalodon bainii (80174 80216 177601) Dicynodon tigriceps, Dicynodon bainii (type locality: 174747) |