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Tecovasaurus murryi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Tecovasaurus murryi was named by Hunt and Lucas (1994). Its type specimen is NMMNH P-18192, a set of teeth, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is NMMNH L-1430, Upper Kalgary, which is in a Norian channel lag sandstone/conglomerate in the Tecovas Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Tecovasaurus murryi Hunt and Lucas pp. 232-233 figs. 12.5-12.7
1997Tecovasaurus murryi Godefroit and Cuny p. 21
1997Tecovasaurus murryi Murry and Long p. 193
1998Tecovasaurus murryi Heckert and Lucas p. 59
2003Tecovasaurus murryi Heckert and Lucas p. 285
2004Tecovasaurus murryi Heckert p. 102
2005Tecovasaurus murryi Irmis p. 71
2006Tecovasaurus murryi Heckert and Lucas p. 100
2007Tecovasaurus murryi Irmis et al. p. 7
2007Tecovasaurus murryi Nesbitt et al. p. 230

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
genusTecovasaurus
speciesmurryi

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.

†Tecovasaurus murryi Hunt and Lucas 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available