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Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus

Osteichthyes - Drepanosauridae

Taxonomy
Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus was named by Pinna (1980). Its type specimen is MCSNB 5728, a partial skeleton (Nearly complete, articulated skeleton lacking the skull), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Endenna cave, which is in an Alaunian shallow subtidal limestone/marl in the Zorzino Limestone Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Drepanosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus Pinna
2010Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus Renesto et al. p. 4

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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()
Drepanosauromorpha
familyDrepanosauridae
Megalancosaurinae
genusDrepanosaurusPinna 1980
speciesunguicaudatusPinna 1980

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: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Alaunian or 215.38000 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (New Mexico) Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus (74202)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus (83370)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy (Lombardia) Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus (type locality: 36377)