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Galechirus scholtzi

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Galechirus scholtzi was named by Broom (1907). Its type specimen is ?SAM 1068, a partial skeleton, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Victoria West District (?Abrahamskraal Formation), which is in a Capitanian terrestrial sandstone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Galechirus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Galechirus scholtzi Broom p. 31 figs. 1-5 pl. III
1913Galechirus scholtzi Broom

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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
—Chainosauria()
genusGalechirus
speciesscholtzi

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.

†Galechirus scholtzi Broom 1907
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Diagnosis
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