Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Microposaurus casei

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Taxonomy
Microposaurus casei was named by Haughton (1925). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-6556, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wonderboom Bridge, Burgersdorp, Farm Cragievar, which is in an Anisian terrestrial mudstone/siliciclastic in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Microposaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Microposaurus casei Haughton p. 253
2000Microposaurus casei Schoch and Milner p. 111
2003Microposaurus casei Damiani and Rubidge p. 31
2004Microposaurus casei Damiani p. 534
2023Microposaurus casei Poropat et al. p. 139

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Trematosauria
superfamilyTrematosauroidea
familyTrematosauridae
subfamilyTrematosaurinaeWatson 1919
genusMicroposaurus
speciescasei

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.

†Microposaurus casei Haughton 1925
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464South Africa (Free State) Microposaurus casei (144343)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464South Africa (Eastern Cape) Microposaurus casei (type locality: 144319 144344)