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Tanytrachelos ahynis

Osteichthyes - Tanystropheidae

Taxonomy
Tanytrachelos ahynis was named by Olsen (1979). Its type specimen is YPM 7496, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Solite Corporation Quarry (YPM coll), which is in a Norian lacustrine - small siltstone in the Cow Branch Formation of North Carolina. It is the type species of Tanytrachelos.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Tanytrachelos ahynis Olsen p. 4 figs. 2-5
1980Tanytrachelos ahynis Chatterjee p. 198
1986Tanytrachelos ahynis Chatterjee pp. 309-311

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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
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
familyTanystropheidaeGervais 1859
genusTanytrachelos
speciesahynis

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.

Tanytrachelos ahynis Olsen 1979
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (North Carolina) Tanytrachelos ahynis (type locality: 55493)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (New Jersey) Tanytrachelos ahynis (12856 91743)