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Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis

Osteichthyes - Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae

Taxonomy
Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis was named by Rieppel (1989). Its type specimen is PIMUZ T 3931, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, unspecified bed, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland. It is the type species of Serpianosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis Rieppel p. 3 figs. 1-10
1995Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis Rieppel and Lin p. 35

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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()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
superfamilyPachypleurosauroidea
familyPachypleurosauridae(Nopcsa 1928)
genusSerpianosaurus
speciesmirigiolensis

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: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Fassanian or 243.33000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Switzerland (Ticino) Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis (86828)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Switzerland (Ticino) Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis (86838 86839 86840)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Switzerland (Kanton Tessin) Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis (86837)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Switzerland (Ticino) Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis (86830 86831 86832 86833)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Switzerland Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis (type locality: 122057)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Switzerland (Ticino) Serpianosaurus mirigiolensis (86834 86835 86836)