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Rhineura marslandensis

Osteichthyes - Rhineuridae

Taxonomy
Rhineura marslandensis was named by Yatkola (1976). Its type specimen is U.W. 4173, a mandible (nearly complete left dentary), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Marsland Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian fluvial horizon in the Runningwater Formation of Nebraska.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. hatcheri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Rhineura marslandensis Yatkola p. 646

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
infraorderAmphisbaeniaGray 1844
—Rhineuroidea
familyRhineuridaeVanzolini 1951
genusRhineuraCope 1861
speciesmarslandensis

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.

†Rhineura marslandensis Yatkola 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available