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Blikanasaurus cromptoni

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Blikanasaurus cromptoni was named by Galton and Van Heerden (1985). Its type specimen is SAM K403 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Blikana Mountain, Transkei (zone A/4), which is in a Norian/Rhaetian terrestrial horizon in the Elliot Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Blikanasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Blikanasaurus cromptoni Galton and Van Heerden
1998Blikanasaurus cromptoni Galton and Van Heerden p. 164
2002Blikanasaurus cromptoni Harris et al. p. 251
2003Blikanasaurus cromptoni Yates
2004Blikanasaurus cromptoni Upchurch et al. p. 261
2005Blikanasaurus cromptoni Galton et al. p. 2
2006Blikanasaurus cromptoni Thulborn p. 292
2007Blikanasaurus cromptoni Smith and Pol p. 665
2007Blikanasaurus cromptoni Upchurch et al. p. 75
2007Blikanasaurus cromptoni Yates p. 103
2009Blikanasaurus cromptoni Barrett p. 1032
2010Blikanasaurus cromptoni Bandyopadhyay et al. p. 536
2010Blikanasaurus cromptoni Langer et al. p. 70
2015Blikanasaurus cromptoni Martínez et al. p. 386
2023Blikanasaurus cromptoni Sciscio et al. p. 3
2024Blikanasaurus cromptoni Barrett and Choiniere p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Eusaurischia
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Massopoda
—Sauropodiformes
genusBlikanasaurus
speciescromptoni

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.

†Blikanasaurus cromptoni Galton and Van Heerden 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Rhaetian or 227.30000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4South Africa (Eastern Cape) Sauropoda indet. (type locality: 35295)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4South Africa (Free State) Blikanasaurus cromptoni (106569)