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Chindesaurus bryansmalli

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Chindesaurus bryansmalli was named by Long and Murry (1995). Its type specimen is PEFO 10395, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dinosaur Hollow, PFV 20, which is in a Norian fine channel fill sandstone/mudstone in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Chindesaurus bryansmalli Long and Murry pp. 172-173 figs. 176-190
1996Chindesaurus bryansmalli Hunt p. 43A
1997Chindesaurus bryansmalli Murry and Long p. 192
1997Chindesaurus bryansmalli Novas p. 304
1998Chindesaurus bryansmalli Hunt et al. p. 513
2004Chindesaurus bryansmalli Langer p. 27
2005Chindesaurus bryansmalli Irmis p. 81
2007Chindesaurus bryansmalli Irmis et al. p. 359
2007Chindesaurus bryansmalli Lucas et al. p. 196
2007Chindesaurus bryansmalli Nesbitt et al. p. 226
2007Chindesaurus bryansmalli Smith and Pol p. 660
2009Chindesaurus bryansmalli Bittencourt and Kellner p. 30
2010Chindesaurus bryansmalli Alcober and Martínez p. 56
2010Chindesaurus bryansmalli Langer et al. p. 64
2011Chindesaurus bryansmalli Sues et al. p. 3459
2014Chindesaurus bryansmalli Marzola and Dalla Vecchia p. 14
2015Chindesaurus bryansmalli Nesbitt and Ezcurra p. 515
2017Chindesaurus bryansmalli Martinez and Apaldetti p. 501
2018Chindesaurus bryansmalli Tweet and Santucci p. 708
2019Chindesaurus bryansmalli Marsh et al.

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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()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
genusChindesaurus
speciesbryansmalli

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.

†Chindesaurus bryansmalli Long and Murry 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Plateosauria indet. (type locality: 48546)