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Phantomosaurus neubigi

Osteichthyes - Cymbospondylidae

Taxonomy
Shastasaurus neubigi was named by Sander (1997). Its type specimen is BSP 1992 I 39, a partial skeleton (incomplete disarticulated skull and postcranium), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Karlstadt/Main, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in Germany.

It was recombined as Phantomosaurus neubigi by Maisch and Matzke (2000), McGowan and Motani (2003), Maisch and Matzke (2006), Maisch (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Shastasaurus neubigi Sander
2000Phantomosaurus neubigi Maisch and Matzke p. 65
2003Phantomosaurus neubigi McGowan and Motani
2006Phantomosaurus neubigi Maisch and Matzke p. 598
2010Phantomosaurus neubigi Maisch

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Hueneosauria
suborderLongipinnatiHuene 1948
familyCymbospondylidaevon Huene 1948
genusPhantomosaurus
speciesneubigi(Sander 1997)

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.

†Phantomosaurus neubigi Sander 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

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 - 241.464Germany (Bayern) Phantomosaurus neubigi (type locality: 94551)