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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8518179https://www.gbif.org/species/8518179
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)157604https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=157604
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Galesphyridae : Galesphyrus : Galesphyrus capensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Galesphyrus : Galesphyrus capensis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
genusGalesphyrusBroom 1914
speciesGalesphyrus capensisBroom 1914
Generic NameGalesphyrus
Scientific NameGalesphyrus capensis Broom, 1914
Name Published InBroom, Robert. 1914. Croonian Lecture: On the Origin of the Mammals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B 206: 1–48.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Galesphyrus capensisspeciesbelongs to Galesphyrusstated with evidenceBroom, 1914
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance260 - 254 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance260 - 254 Ma
Permian
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Broom. 1914. Croonian Lecture: On the Origin of Mammals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 206:1-48

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1914Galesphyrus capensis Broom p. 15 figs. 40 Pl. 4
1976Galesphyrus capensis Carroll p. 59 figs. 1, 2

References

Broom R. (1914) Croonian Lecture: On the Origin of Mammals, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 206, 1-48
Carroll R. L. (1976) Galesphyrus capensis, a younginid eosuchian from the Cistecephalus Zone of South Africa, Annals of the South African Museum 72 4, 59-68
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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