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Brachychirotherium hessei

Reptilia - Chirotheriidae

Taxonomy
Chirotherium hessei was named by Soergel (1925). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was recombined as Brachychirotherium hessei by Haubold (1971) and Demathieu and Haubold (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Chirotherium hessei Soergel
1927Chirotherium hessei Kirchner p. 117
1948Chirotherium hessei Peabody pp. 346-347
1958Chirotherium hessei Kuhn p. 21
1959Chirotherium hessei Schmidt p. 97
1969Chirotherium hessei Haubold p. 92 fig. 2
1971Brachychirotherium hessei Haubold p. 56
1972Brachychirotherium hessei Demathieu and Haubold p. 805

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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()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
familyChirotheriidaeAbel 1935
genusBrachychirotherium
specieshessei(Soergel 1925)

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.

Brachychirotherium hessei Soergel 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983
Collections
No collection or age range data are available