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Hipposaurus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Hipposaurus Haughton
1948Hipposaurus Broom
1952Hipposaurus Boonstra p. 143
1969Hipposaurus Boonstra
1988Hipposaurus Carroll
1989Hipposaurus Sigogneau-Russell
2006Hipposaurus Rubidge et al.
2006Hipposaurus Sidor and Rubidge
2006Hipposaurus Smith et al.
2007Hipposaurus Sidor and Smith

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderBiarmosuchia
genusHipposaurusHaughton 1929

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. †Hipposaurus Haughton 1929
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Hipposaurus boonstrai Haughton 1929
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Invalid names: Hipposaurus major Boonstra 1952 [synonym]
Hipposaurus brinki Sigogneau-Russell 1970
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Capitanian or 265.10000 to 259.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9South Africa (Western Cape) H. boonstrai, H. major (176314) H. brinki (92645)