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Shastasaurus careyi

Reptilia - Shastasauridae

Taxonomy
Shastasaurus careyi was named by Merriam (1902). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Bear Mountain, which is in a Carnian/Norian marine horizon in the Hosselkus Formation of California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Shastasaurus pacificus by Mcgowan (1994); it was considered a nomen dubium by Motani (1999) and McGowan and Motani (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Shastasaurus careyi Merriam p. 98 figs. Plate 1C, FIgures 3 and 4
1908Shastasaurus careyi Merriam p. 145
1930Shastasaurus careyi Hay p. 126

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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()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Hueneosauria
—Merriamosauria
familyShastasauridaeMerriam 1902
genusShastasaurus
speciescareyi

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.

†Shastasaurus careyi Merriam 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (California) Shastasaurus careyi (type locality: 196803)