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Eodicynodon oelofseni

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Eodicynodon oelofseni was named by Rubidge (1990). Its type specimen is NMQR 2913, a skull, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Botterkraal, Prince Albert, which is in a Guadalupian terrestrial horizon in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Eodicynodon oelofseni Rubidge pp. 32-33 figs. 1-4

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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
orderDicynodontia()
genusEodicynodon
speciesoelofseni

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.

†Eodicynodon oelofseni Rubidge 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Guadalupian or 273.01000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51South Africa (Eastern Cape) Eodicynodon oelofseni (type locality: 75452)