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Embolophorus fritillus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Embolophorus fritillus was named by Cope (1878). Its type specimen is AMNH 4010, a set of vertebrae (with ribs), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Embolophorus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Embolophorus fritillus Cope p. 518
1888Embolophorus fritillus Cope p. 287
1902Embolophorus fritillus Hay p. 433
1930Embolophorus fritillus Hay p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
genusEmbolophorus
speciesfritillus

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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available