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Euchambersia mirabilis

Therocephalia - Moschorhinidae

Taxonomy
Euchambersia mirabilis was named by Broom (1931). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NHMUK R5696, a skull. Its type locality is Farm Vanwyksfontein, Norvalspont, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Euchambersia mirabilis Broom
1977Euchambersia mirabilis Kitching

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
suborderScaloposauridaHaughton 1924
superfamilyMoschorhinoideaBrink 1954
familyMoschorhinidaeBrink 1958
genusEuchambersiaBroom 1931
speciesmirabilisBroom 1931

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.

†Euchambersia mirabilis Broom 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, 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 (Northern Cape) Euchambersia mirabilis (type locality: 196819)