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Palemydops platysoma
Taxonomy
Palemydops platysoma was named by Broom (1921). Its type specimen is BMNH R. 4955, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Biesjiespoort, Victoria West, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in South Africa. It is the type species of Palemydops.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1921 | Palemydops platysoma Broom |
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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.
†Palemydops platysoma Broom 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Palemydops platysoma (type locality: 174666) |