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Choerosaurus dejageri

Description

Choerosaurus is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa. The type species Choerosaurus dejageri was named by South African paleontologist Sidney H. Haughton from the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone in 1929.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8568424https://www.gbif.org/species/8568424
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)270392https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=270392
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Lycideopsidae : Choerosaurus : Choerosaurus dejageri
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Therocephalia : Lycideopidae : Choerosaurus : Choerosaurus dejageri
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
-Eutherapsida
orderTherocephaliaBroom 1903
superfamilyBaurioideaBroom 1911
familyLycideopidae
genusChoerosaurusHaughton 1929
speciesChoerosaurus dejageriHaughton 1929
Generic NameChoerosaurus
Scientific NameChoerosaurus dejageri Haughton, 1929
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Choerosaurus dejagerispeciesbelongs to Choerosaurusstated with evidenceHaughton, 1929
Choerosaurus dejagerispeciesbelongs to Choerosaurusstated without evidenceSigurdsen et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance272 - 260 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance260 - 254 Ma
Permian
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Therocephalia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. H. Haughton. 1929. On some new therapsid genera. Annals of the South African Museum 28:55-78
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choerosaurus_dejageri

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1929Choerosaurus dejageri Haughton
2012Choerosaurus dejageri Sigurdsen et al. p. 1114

References

Haughton S. H. (1929) On some new therapsid genera, Annals of the South African Museum 28, 55-78
Sigurdsen T., Huttenlocker A. K., et al (2012) Reassessment of the morphology and paleobiology of the therocephalian Tetracynodon darti (Therapsida), and the phylogenetic relationships of Baurioidea, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 5, 1113-1134
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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