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Keyseria benjamini
Taxonomy
Dicynodon benjamini was named by Broom (1948). Its type specimen is RC 63, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brookfield (Dicynodon Assemblage Zone), which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Keyseria.
It was recombined as Keyseria benjamini by Kammerer et al. (2011).
It was recombined as Keyseria benjamini by Kammerer et al. (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1948 | Dicynodon benjamini Broom |
| 2011 | Keyseria benjamini Kammerer et al. p. 27,28 |
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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.
†Keyseria benjamini Broom 1948
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| 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 Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Dicynodon benjamini (type locality: 175332) |