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Lacusovagus magnificens

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Chaoyangopteridae

Taxonomy
Lacusovagus magnificens was named by Witton (2008). Its type specimen is SMNK PAL 4325, a partial skull, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Nova Olinda quarries, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large lime mudstone/mudstone in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Lacusovagus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Lacusovagus magnificens Witton p. 1291 figs. 2-3

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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()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
superfamilyAzhdarchoideaUnwin 1992
Neoazhdarchia
familyChaoyangopteridae
genusLacusovagus
speciesmagnificens

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.

Lacusovagus magnificens Witton 2008
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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: Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceara) Lacusovagus magnificens (type locality: 77891)