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Rubidgea

Gorgonopidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Rubidgea Broom
1948Rubidgea Broom
1953Broomicephalus Brink and Kitching
1988Rubidgea Carroll
1989Broomicephalus Sigogneau-Russell
1989Rubidgea Sigogneau-Russell
2002Titanogorgon Maisch
2016Rubidgea Kammerer

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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)
subfamilyRubidgeinae
tribeRubidgeiniBroom 1938
genusRubidgea

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. †Rubidgea Broom 1938
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Rubidgea atrox Broom 1938
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Invalid names: Broomicephalus laticeps Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym], Gorgonognathus maximus Huene 1950 [synonym], Rubidgea kitchingi Broom 1938 [synonym], Rubidgea laticeps Broom 1940 [synonym], Rubidgea majora Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym]
Invalid names: Broomicephalus Brink and Kitching 1953 [synonym], Titanogorgon Maisch 2002 [synonym]
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, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Tanzania (Ruvuma) Gorgonognathus maximus (181520)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) R. atrox (171376 176311) R. laticeps (176308)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Western Cape) R. majora (178875) R. platyrhina (174623)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Eastern Cape) R. atrox (178900 178903) R. kitchingi (178864) R. sp. (174741)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Northern Cape) Broomicephalus laticeps (178871)