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Robertia

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Robertia was named by Boonstra (1948). It is not extant. Its type is Robertia broomiana.

It was assigned to Endothiodontidae by Boonstra (1969); to Robertiinae by King (1988); to Robertiidae by Carroll (1988); and to Pylaecephalidae by Kammerer and Angielczyk (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Robertia Boonstra
1953Broilius Toerien
1969Broilius Boonstra
1969Robertia Boonstra
1988Broilius Carroll
1988Robertia Carroll
1988Robertia King
2009Robertia Kammerer and Angielczyk

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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()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
—Pylaecephalidae()
genusRobertiaBoonstra 1948

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.

G. †Robertia Boonstra 1948
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†Robertia broomiana Boonstra 1948
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Invalid names: Dicynodon schroederi Toerien 1953 [synonym]
Invalid names: Broilius Toerien 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cap) R. sp. (181088)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) Broilius antjiesfonteinensis, Dicynodon schroederi (174746) Dicynodon schroederi (178115) R. broomiana (86388 176247 176250 176314) R. sp. (176355 181089)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Northern Cape) R. broomiana (181072)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.17South Africa (Western Cape) R. broomiana (177588)