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Thadeosaurus colcanapi

Osteichthyes - Younginidae

Taxonomy
Thadeosaurus colcanapi was named by Carroll (1981). Its type specimen is MNHN (PM) 1908-11-13/1908-11-19, a partial skeleton (part and counterpart of skeleton without skull), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Mt. Eliva (Sakamena Fm.), which is in a Lopingian terrestrial horizon in the Lower Sakamena Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Thadeosaurus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Broomia madagascariensis Piveteau
1981Thadeosaurus colcanapi Carroll p. 319 figs. 2-8, 29a
1982Thadeosaurus colcanapi Currie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—Younginiformes(Romer 1933)
superfamilyYounginoideaCurrie 1982
familyYounginidae
genusThadeosaurus
speciescolcanapi

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.

†Thadeosaurus colcanapi Carroll 1981
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Invalid names: Broomia madagascariensis Piveteau 1926 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Lopingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902Madagascar (Tulear) Thadeosaurus colcanapi (type locality: 85494)