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Hypselorhachis mirabilis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Hypselorhachis mirabilis was named by Charig (1967). Its type specimen is NHM R16586, a set of vertebrae (Anterior dorsal vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is U11/2, Ruhuhu Valley, which is in an Anisian fluvial-deltaic sandstone/siltstone in the Manda Beds Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Hypselorhachis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Hypselorhachis mirabilis Charig p. 714
2009Hypselorhachis mirabilis Butler et al. p. 1024 figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
superfamilyPoposauroidea(Nopcsa 1923)
—Ctenosauriscidae(Kuhn 1964)
genusHypselorhachis
speciesmirabilis

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.

†Hypselorhachis mirabilis Charig 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Tanzania (Ruvuma) Hypselorhachis mirabilis (type locality: 93024)