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Angistorhinus alticephalus

Osteichthyes - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Angistorhinus alticephalus was named by Stovall and Wharton (1936). Its type specimen is OMNH 733, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Roy Lamb Ranch, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial claystone in the Colorado City Formation of Texas.

It was synonymized subjectively with Angistorhinus grandis by Lucas et al. (2002).

Entered
by R. Butler on 2010-01-26; modified by R. Butler on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Angistorhinus alticephalus Stovall and Wharton
1936Angistorhinus alticephalus Stovall and Wharton Jr.
2013Angistorhinus alticephalus 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
speciesalticephalus

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.

†Angistorhinus alticephalus Stovall and Wharton Jr. 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
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, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7USA (Texas) Angistorhinus alticephalus (type locality: 135695)