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Amphekepubis johnsoni

Osteichthyes - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy
Amphekepubis johnsoni was named by Mehl (1930). Its type specimen is University of Missouri No. 509 V.P., a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of Monterey, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine claystone in the San Felipe Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Amphekepubis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Amphekepubis johnsoni Mehl pp. 383-392 figs. text figs. 1-3; Pls. LXIV-LXVII
1967Amphekepubis johnsoni Russell p. 122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
familyMosasauridae
subfamilyMosasaurinaeGervais 1853
genusAmphekepubis
speciesjohnsoni

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.

†Amphekepubis johnsoni Mehl 1930
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