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Coletta seca

Reptilia - Procolophonidae

Taxonomy
Coletta seca was named by Gow (2000). Its type specimen is GHG 228, a skull (with fragmentary lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brakfontein 333, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial quartzite in the Katberg Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Coletta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Coletta seca Gow p. 21 fig. 1
2002Coletta seca Modesto et al. p. 884 figs. 1-3

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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
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
superfamilyProcolophonoidea
familyProcolophonidae
genusColetta
speciesseca

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.

Coletta seca Gow 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. E. Gow 2000see generic diagnosis
S.P. Modesto et al. 2002see generic diagnosis
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Olenekian or 251.20000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Coletta seca (type locality: 78686)