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Pentasaurus goggai

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia - Stahleckeriidae

Taxonomy
Pentasaurus goggai was named by Kammerer (2018). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NHMW 1876-VII-B-114, a mandible. Its type locality is Barnard's Spruit, Aliwal North (zone A/5), which is in a Norian/Rhaetian terrestrial horizon in the Elliot Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Pentasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Pentasaurus goggai Kammerer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
—DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
—Kannemeyeriiformes(Huene 1948)
familyStahleckeriidaeCox 1965
subfamilyPlaceriinaeKing 1988
genusPentasaurus
speciesgoggai

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.

†Pentasaurus goggai Kammerer 2018
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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Rhaetian or 227.30000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4South Africa (Eastern Cape) Pentasaurus goggai (type locality: 36610)