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Cerdorhinus rubidgei

Gorgonopidae

Taxonomy
Galerhynchus rubidgei was named by Broom (1937). Its type specimen is RC 4, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Blaaukrans, Graaff-Reinet, Cistecephalus AZ, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

It was recombined as Cerdorhinus rubidgei by Sigogneau-Russell (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Galerhynchus rubidgei Broom p. 303 fig. 4
1989Cerdorhinus rubidgei Sigogneau-Russell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
familyGorgonopidae(Lydekker 1890)
subfamilyGorgonopsinaeSigogneau-Russell 1970
genusCerdorhinusBroom 1936
speciesrubidgei()

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.

†Cerdorhinus rubidgei Broom 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) Galerhynchus rubidgei (178740)