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Fodonyx spenceri

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Rhynchosaurus spenceri was named by Benton (1990). Its type specimen is EXEMS 60/1985.292, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fodonyx (Rhynchosaurus) spenceri holotype site (EXEMS 60/1985.292), which is in an Anisian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Otter Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Fodonyx.

It was recombined as Fodonyx spenceri by Hone and Benton (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Rhynchosaurus spenceri Benton p. 261 figs. 28-34, 36, 37, 48-50
2008Fodonyx spenceri Hone and Benton p. 96 fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—Rhynchosauria()
—Rhynchosauridae()
genusFodonyx
speciesspenceri()

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.

†Fodonyx spenceri Benton 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:37:19
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:37:19
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0United Kingdom (England) Hyperodapedon sp. (88984) Rhynchosaurus spenceri (88950 88951 88953 88954 88955 88956 88957 88959 88960 88961 88962 88963 type locality: 88964 88965 88966 88968 88969 88970 88993 88994)