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Elliotherium kersteni

Tritheledontidae

Taxonomy
Elliotherium kersteni was named by Sidor and Hancox (2006). Its type specimen is BP/1/6106, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Farm Beatrix, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian floodplain siltstone in the Elliot Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Elliotherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Elliotherium kersteni Sidor and Hancox p. 334

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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
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
familyTritheledontidae
genusElliotherium
specieskersteni

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.

Elliotherium kersteni Sidor and Hancox 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8South Africa (Free State) Elliotherium kersteni (type locality: 105703)