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Rubidgea atrox
Taxonomy
Rubidgea atrox was named by Broom (1938). Its type specimen is RC 13, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dorsfontein, Graaff-Reinet, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1938 | Rubidgea atrox Broom |
1938 | Rubidgea kitchingi Broom |
1940 | Rubidgea laticeps Broom |
1948 | Rubidgea atrox Broom |
1948 | Rubidgea kitchingi Broom |
1950 | Gorgonognathus maximus Huene |
1953 | Broomicephalus laticeps Brink and Kitching |
1953 | Rubidgea majora Brink and Kitching |
1989 | Broomicephalus laticeps Sigogneau-Russell |
1989 | Rubidgea atrox Sigogneau-Russell |
1989 | Rubidgea majora Sigogneau-Russell |
2002 | Titanogorgon maximus Maisch |
2007 | Clelandina laticeps Gebauer |
2016 | Rubidgea atrox Kammerer |
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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.
†Rubidgea atrox Broom 1938
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Invalid names: Broomicephalus laticeps Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym], Gorgonognathus maximus Huene 1950 [synonym], Rubidgea kitchingi Broom 1938 [synonym], Rubidgea laticeps Broom 1940 [synonym], Rubidgea majora Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Wuchiapingian | Tanzania (Ruvuma) | Gorgonognathus maximus (181520) | |
Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Rubidgea atrox (171376 type locality: 176311) Rubidgea laticeps (176308) | |
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Rubidgea atrox (178900 178903) Rubidgea kitchingi (178864) | |
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Broomicephalus laticeps (178871) | |
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Rubidgea majora (178875) Rubidgea platyrhina (174623) |