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Heleosaurus scholtzi
Taxonomy
Heleosaurus scholtzi was named by Broom (1907). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-1070, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Victoria West District (?Abrahamskraal Formation), which is in a Capitanian terrestrial sandstone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Heleosaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1907 | Heleosaurus scholtzi Broom p. 39 figs. pl. IV |
| 2007 | Heleosaurus scholtzi Reisz and Modesto p. 734 |
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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.
†Heleosaurus scholtzi Broom 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Heleosaurus scholtzi (type locality: 85515) |