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Becklesius nopcsai

Reptilia - Paramacellodidae

Taxonomy
Becklesius nopcsai was named by Folie and Codrea (2005). Its type specimen is PSMUBB V 361, a mandible (fragment of dentary with four complete teeth and two empty loci), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pui Islaz (microvertebrates), which is in a Maastrichtian dry floodplain mudstone in the Sînpetru Formation of Romania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Becklesius nopcsai Folie and Codrea p. 62 fig. 3G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
superfamilyScincoideaOppel 1811
familyParamacellodidae
genusBecklesius
speciesnopcsai

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.

Becklesius nopcsai Folie and Codrea 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Becklesius nopcsai (type locality: 48445 193944)