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Toxolophosaurus cloudi

Reptilia - Sphenodontidae

Taxonomy
Toxolophosaurus cloudi was named by Olson (1960). Its type specimen is C.N.H.M. UR 619, a mandible (pair of lower jaws lacking articular area on both sides), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Toxolophosaurus type locality, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial siltstone in the Kootenai Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Toxolophosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Toxolophosaurus cloudi Olson p. 551

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
familySphenodontidaeCope 1871
—Opisthodontia
subfamilyEilenodontinae
genusToxolophosaurus
speciescloudi

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.

†Toxolophosaurus cloudi Olson 1960
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Albian or 125.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5USA (Montana) Toxolophosaurus cloudi (type locality: 85072)