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Mobaceras
Taxonomy
Mobaceras was named by Kammerer and Sidor (2021). Its type is Mobaceras zambeziense.
It was assigned to Burnetiinae by Kammerer and Sidor (2021).
It was assigned to Burnetiinae by Kammerer and Sidor (2021).
Species
M. zambeziense (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2021 | Mobaceras Kammerer and Sidor |
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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. †Mobaceras Kammerer and Sidor 2021
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†Mobaceras zambeziense Kammerer and Sidor 2021
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. F. Kammerer and C. A. Sidor 2021 | A burnetiid burnetiamorph distinguished from all taxa other than Bullacephalus and Burnetia by the presence of two pairs of large supraorbital bosses (one pair above the dorsal edge of the orbits and the other above the anterodorsal edge of the postorbital bar). Distinguished from all taxa other than Burnetia and Pachydectes by the discrete, pachyostosed pineal boss, which tapers posteriorly to form a narrow ridge extending to the edge of the occiput. Distinguished from all taxa other than Bullacephalus by the presence of a massive, rounded median nasal boss. Distinguished from all known burnetiamorphs by the morphology of the median nasal boss, which although incomplete appears to be on a ‘stalk’, i.e. it is transversely narrow at base and then expands dorsally to form a bulbous tip. (This structure also differs from that of Bullacephalus in that the posterior edge of the boss is confluent with a narrow median ridge extending backwards between the orbits.) Further distinguished from all known burnetiamorphs by the morphology of the supraorbital bosses: the anterior supraorbital boss is quadrangular (unlike the triangular bosses of Lemurosaurus, Lende, Leucocephalus, Lobalopex, Paraburnetia, and Proburnetia) and is taller and transversely narrower than that of Bullacephalus or Burnetia; also, the posterior supraorbital boss is highly discrete, with a distinct, bulbous tip directed posterolaterally, unlike the larger, more diffuse, anterolaterally directed posterior supraorbital bosses of Bullacephalus and Burnetia. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Guadalupian or 273.01000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Guadalupian | Zambia (Southern) | Burnetiidae indet. (171619) |