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Rhinesuchoides capensis
Taxonomy
Rhinesuchus capensis was named by Haughton (1925). Its type specimen is SAM 7419, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spitzkop, Graaff-Reinet, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.
It was recombined as Rhinesuchoides capensis by Marsicano et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Rhinesuchoides capensis by Marsicano et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Rhinesuchus capensis Haughton p. 231 figs. 3, 4 |
| 1940 | Rhinesuchus avenanti Boonstra |
| 2000 | Rhinesuchus capensis Schoch and Milner p. 72 |
| 2003 | Rhinesuchus capensis Damiani and Rubidge p. 30 |
| 2017 | Rhinesuchoides capensis Marsicano et al. |
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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.
†Rhinesuchoides capensis Haughton 1925
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Invalid names: Rhinesuchus avenanti Boonstra 1940 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 264.28000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | South Africa (Western Cape) | Rhinesuchus avenanti (93096) | |
| Wuchiapingian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Rhinesuchus capensis (type locality: 144271) |