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Angistorhinus aeolamnis

Osteichthyes - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Angistorhinus aeolamnis was named by Eaton (1965). Its type specimen is KU 11659, a partial skull (Skull lacking lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sage Creek locality, Univ. Kansas party, limestone layer, which is in a Carnian terrestrial limestone in the Popo Agie Formation of Wyoming.

It was synonymized subjectively with Angistorhinus megalodon by Long and Murry (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Angistorhinus aeolamnis Eaton
2013Angistorhinus aeolamnis Stocker and Butler

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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
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
subfamilyMystriosuchinaevon Huene 1915
genusAngistorhinus
speciesaeolamnis

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: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 21:10:18
Modified: 2009-01-03 23:10:18
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3USA (Wyoming) Angistorhinus aeolamnis (type locality: 91529)