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Hypsiprymnopsis rhaeticus

Haramiyidae

Taxonomy
Hypsiprymnopsis rhaeticus was named by Dawkins (1864). Its type specimen is lost, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is east side, Blue Anchor Point, Watchet, which is in a Rhaetian carbonate marl in the Blue Anchor Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Hypsiprymnopsis.

It was recombined as Microlestes rhaeticus by Owen (1871); it was considered a nomen dubium by Simpson (1928).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Hypsiprymnopsis rhaeticus Dawkins p. 411
1871Microlestes rhaeticus Owen
1940Hypsiprymnopsis rhaeticus Huene p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
Haramiyida(Hahn 1989)
suborderHaramiyoidea
familyHaramiyidaeSimpson 1940
genusHypsiprymnopsis
speciesrhaeticus

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.

Hypsiprymnopsis rhaeticus Dawkins 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2011-04-24 23:35:11
Modified: 2011-04-24 08:35:11
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Hypsiprymnopsis rhaeticus (type locality: 89048)