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Delorhynchus priscus

Reptilia - Acleistorhinidae

Taxonomy
Delorhynchus priscus was named by Fox (1962). Its type specimen is KU 11117, a maxilla (fragmentary left maxilla, bearing four teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Richards Spur, which is in an Artinskian fissure fill claystone/conglomerate in Oklahoma. It is the type species of Delorhynchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Delorhynchus priscus Fox p. 299 figs. 1-3
1965Delorhynchus priscus Langston p. 31
1986Delorhynchus priscus Reisz p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
—Procolophonomorpha()
—Ankyramorpha
superfamilyLanthanosuchoidea
familyAcleistorhinidae
genusDelorhynchus
speciespriscus

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Oklahoma) Delorhynchus priscus (type locality: 67862)