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Caviramus

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Caviramus was named by Fröbisch and Fröbisch (2006). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pterosauria by Fröbisch and Fröbisch (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Caviramus Fröbisch and Fröbisch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
genusCaviramus

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.

G. †Caviramus Fröbisch and Fröbisch 2006
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†Caviramus schesaplanensis Fröbisch and Fröbisch 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Sevatian to the top of the Rhaetian or 212.00000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Switzerland (Canton Grisons) C. schesaplanensis (87875)