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Bolosaurus striatus

Osteichthyes - Bolosauridae

Taxonomy
Bolosaurus striatus was named by Cope (1878). Its type specimen is AMNH 4320, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mount Barry, 12 (Admiral Formation), which is in an Artinskian terrestrial shale in the Admiral Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Bolosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Bolosaurus striatus Cope p. 506
1902Bolosaurus striatus Hay p. 434
1907Bolosaurus striatus Case p. 654
1911Bolosaurus striatus Case p. 29
1913Bolosaurus striatus Broom p. 510
1930Bolosaurus striatus Hay p. 37
2012Bolosaurus striatus Falconnet p. 496

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
—Bolosauria(Kuhn 1959)
familyBolosauridae
subfamilyBolosaurinaeCope 1878
genusBolosaurus
speciesstriatus

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.

†Bolosaurus striatus Cope 1878
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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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Artinskian or 298.90000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (Texas) Bolosaurus striatus (11165)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Texas) Bolosaurus striatus (79162)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Bolosaurus sp. (13080) Bolosaurus striatus (type locality: 28142)
Leonardian286.0 - 274.4USA (Oklahoma) Bolosaurus striatus (87054)