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Proterosuchus goweri
Taxonomy
Proterosuchus goweri was named by Ezcurra and Butler (2015). Its type specimen is NMQR 880, a partial skull (partial skull with detached braincase, a right dorsal rib, and left tibia and fibula), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kruisvlei 279, east of Winburg, which is in a Triassic terrestrial horizon in the Katberg Formation of South Africa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Proterosuchus goweri Ezcurra and Butler |
| 2016 | Proterosuchus goweri Ezcurra |
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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.
†Proterosuchus goweri Ezcurra and Butler 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Triassic or 252.17000 to 247.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Triassic | South Africa (Free State) | Chasmatosaurus vanhoepeni (type locality: 117178) |