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Dolichuranus primaevus

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia - Kannemeyeriidae

Taxonomy
Dolichuranus primaevus was named by Keyser (1973). Its type specimen is CGP ⁄ 1 ⁄ 711, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is S slope, hill north of Etjo Mtn, which is in an Anisian terrestrial shale in the Omingonde Formation of Namibia.

Entered
by R. Butler on 2010-11-12

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Dolichuranus primaevus Keyser
1973Rhopalorhinus etionensis Keyser p. 4 fig. 5
2007Dolichuranus primaevus Damiani et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
—DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
—Kannemeyeriiformes(Huene 1948)
familyKannemeyeriidaeHuene 1948
genusDolichuranus
speciesprimaevus

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.

†Dolichuranus primaevus Keyser 1973
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Invalid names: Rhopalorhinus etionensis Keyser 1973 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Anisian or 247.00000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.0 - 241.464Namibia Dolichuranus primaevus (type locality: 99454 99468) Rhopalorhinus etionensis (99453)