Sillimanius Hitchcock 1845 (reptile)

Reptilia

Synonym: Ornithopus Hitchcock 1845

Full reference: E. Hitchcock. 1845. An attempt to name, classify, and describe, the animals that made the fossil footmarks of New England. Sixth Annual Meeeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, New Haven, CT. Abstract and Proceedings 23-25

Parent taxon: Reptilia according to O. Kuhn 1963

See also Hay 1902, Hitchcock 1845, Hitchcock 1848, Hitchcock 1898, Kuhn 1958, Lull 1904, Lull 1917 and Quenstedt 1882

Sister taxa: Amblyglossae, Anapsida, Anhomoiichnium, Apatomerus, Archaeosauria, Atremata, Chelydosauria, Cunichnoides, Dimetropus, Diplotremata, Dipnoa, Dolichobrachium, Dravidosaurus, Dravidosaurus blanfordi, Embolophorus, Enaliosauria, Eureptilia, Glauconia, Holosauria, Hyperosauria, Ichthyosaurus inexpectatus, Ischyrotherium, Isocampe, Kintneria, Lyognatha, Macelognatha, Metamosaurus, Monopnoa, Monotreta, Monozygocrotapha, Onychichnium, Oolithes, Ornithocephala, Pantestudines, Parareptilia, Pessopteryx arctica, Pessopteryx pinguis, Placodontomorpha, Plesiosaurus doedicomus, Poeciloglyptica, Polemarchus, Proganosauromorpha, Proreptilia, Prosauria, Protorosauria, Puercosaurus, Puercosaurus obtusidens, Rhamphosauria, Rhizodonta, Rhynchosauroidae, Saurichthys indicus, Saurophidia, Seps, Squamata, Steropoides, Streptosauria, Svalbardosaurus, Svalbardosaurus crassidens, Testudinata, Theromorpha, Tocosauria

Subtaxa: Ornithopus adamsanus Ornithopus fabrei Ornithopus rectus Sillimanius gracilior Sillimanius tetradactylus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (7: Connecticut, Massachusetts collections)

Total: 7 collections including 12 occurrences

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