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Lanthanostegus mohoii
Taxonomy
Lanthanocephalus mohoii was named by Modesto et al. (2002). Its type specimen is NMQR 3396, a partial skull (right circumorbital region, posterior skull table, occiput, and adjacent regions of braincase), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mandalay farm, Klipplaat District, which is in a Capitanian delta plain horizon in the Koonap Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Lanthanostegus.
It was recombined as Lanthanostegus mohoii by Modesto et al. (2003).
It was recombined as Lanthanostegus mohoii by Modesto et al. (2003).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Lanthanocephalus mohoii Modesto et al. p. 1756 figs. 1-6 |
| 2003 | Lanthanostegus mohoii Modesto et al. p. 467 |
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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.
†Lanthanostegus mohoii Modesto et al. 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Lanthanocephalus mohoii (type locality: 94607) |