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Cymatosaurus fridericianus

Osteichthyes - Eosauropterygia

Taxonomy
Cymatosaurus fridericianus was named by Frtisch (1894). Its type specimen is Ha, uncatalogued, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Portland-Cement-Fabrik, Halle-Nietleben, which is in a Bithynian terrestrial carbonate in the Röt Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. erytheus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Cymatosaurus fridericianus Frtisch
1971Cymatosaurus fridericianus Kuhn p. 19
1997Cymatosaurus fridericianus Rieppel p. 4 figs. 1-2
2001Cymatosaurus fridericianus O'Keefe p. 9
2014Cymatosaurus fridericianus Sander et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
suborderPistosauroideaBaur 1887
genusCymatosaurusFritsch 1894
speciesfridericianusFrtisch 1894

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Rieppel 1997A species of Cymatosaurus of large size (tip of snout to back end of parietal skull table up to 200 mm); three maxillary teeth preceding paired maxillary fangs; nasals reduced, excluded from external naris; prefrontal and postfrontal in contact at dorsal margin of orbit; frontal enters anterior margin of upper temporal fossa
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bithynian or 244.99000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland Cymatosaurus fridericianus, Cymatosaurus sp. (63538)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Cymatosaurus fridericianus (type locality: 106438)