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Microposaurus
Taxonomy
Microposaurus was named by Haughton (1925). It is not extant. Its type is Microposaurus casei.
It was assigned to Tertreminae by Schoch and Milner (2000); to Trematosauridae by Haughton (1925), Warren and Black (1985), Carroll (1988), Damiani and Rubidge (2003); to Trematosauroidea by Damiani (2004); and to Trematosaurinae by Warren (2012), Poropat et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Tertreminae by Schoch and Milner (2000); to Trematosauridae by Haughton (1925), Warren and Black (1985), Carroll (1988), Damiani and Rubidge (2003); to Trematosauroidea by Damiani (2004); and to Trematosaurinae by Warren (2012), Poropat et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Microposaurus Haughton p. 239 |
| 1985 | Microposaurus Warren and Black |
| 1988 | Microposaurus Carroll |
| 2000 | Microposaurus Schoch and Milner p. 111 |
| 2003 | Microposaurus Damiani and Rubidge p. 31 |
| 2004 | Microposaurus Damiani p. 534 |
| 2012 | Microposaurus Warren p. 538 |
| 2023 | Microposaurus Poropat et al. p. 139 |
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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. †Microposaurus Haughton 1925
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†Microposaurus averyi Warren 2012
†Microposaurus casei Haughton 1925
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, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Anisian | South Africa (Free State) | M. casei (144343) | |
| Anisian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | M. casei (144319 144344) | |
| Anisian | Australia (New South Wales) | M. averyi (136481) |