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Kestrosaurus
Taxonomy
Kestrosaurus was named by Haughton (1925). It is not extant. Its type is Kestrosaurus dreyeri.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Damiani (2001), Damiani and Rubidge (2003).
It was assigned to Parotosuchidae by Schoch and Milner (2000); and to Capitosauridae by Haughton (1925), Welles and Cosgriff (1965), Chernin (1978), Carroll (1988), Shishkin et al. (2004).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Damiani (2001), Damiani and Rubidge (2003).
It was assigned to Parotosuchidae by Schoch and Milner (2000); and to Capitosauridae by Haughton (1925), Welles and Cosgriff (1965), Chernin (1978), Carroll (1988), Shishkin et al. (2004).
Species
K. dreyeri (syn. Capitosaurus haughtoni) (type species), K. kitchingi
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Kestrosaurus Haughton |
| 1960 | Karoosuchus Ochev |
| 1965 | Kestrosaurus Welles and Cosgriff p. 59 |
| 1978 | Kestrosaurus Chernin |
| 1988 | Kestrosaurus Carroll |
| 2000 | Kestrosaurus Schoch and Milner p. 140 |
| 2004 | Kestrosaurus Shishkin et al. p. 125 |
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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.
G. †Kestrosaurus Haughton 1925
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†Kestrosaurus dreyeri Haughton 1925
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Invalid names: Capitosaurus haughtoni Broili and Schröder 1937 [synonym]
†Kestrosaurus kitchingi Shishkin et al. 2004
Invalid names: Karoosuchus Ochev 1960 [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: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Olenekian | South Africa (Free State) | Capitosaurus haughtoni (98618) K. kitchingi, Parotosuchus haughtoni (98617) | |
| Spathian | South Africa (Free State) | K. dreyeri (144318) K. sp. (145593 145594) |