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Robertia broomiana
Taxonomy
Robertia broomiana was named by Boonstra (1948). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-11761, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Klein Koedoeskop, Beaufort West, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa. It is the type species of Robertia.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1948 | Robertia broomiana Boonstra p. 63 |
1953 | Dicynodon schroederi Toerien |
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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.
†Robertia broomiana Boonstra 1948
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Invalid names: Dicynodon schroederi Toerien 1953 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Capitanian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Robertia broomiana (181072) | |
Capitanian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Dicynodon schroederi (174746 178115) Robertia broomiana (86388 176247 176250 type locality: 176314) | |
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Robertia broomiana (177588) |