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Suevoleviathan disinteger

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Suevoleviathan disinteger was named by von Huene (1926). It is not extant. Its type locality is Holzmaden, epsilon II/6, Uppsala pterosaur, which is in a Toarcian marine shale in the Posidonia Shale Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Suevoleviathan disinteger von Huene
2000Suevoleviathan disinteger Maisch and Matzke pp. 73, 74
2003Suevoleviathan disinteger McGowan and Motani
2010Suevoleviathan disinteger Maisch
2013Suevoleviathan disinteger Fischer et al.
2016Suevoleviathan disinteger Ji et al. p. 12
2018Suevoleviathan disinteger Maxwell

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Parvipelvia
genusSuevoleviathanMaisch 1998
speciesdisintegervon Huene 1926

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.

†Suevoleviathan disinteger von Huene 1926
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke 2000"Maxilla forms largest part of ventral narial margin and takes part in anteroventral orbital margin, posterior maxillary and dentary teeth reduced, processus ventralis posterior of lacrimal short, jugal very robust, secondary premaxillary and dentary fossae very clear and regular, angular high posteriorly, dorsal contour of skull very flat, 44 presacrals, 88 preflexurals, anterior thoracal and cervical processus spinosi rather high and slender, coracoid with minimal craniolateral incision, ilium with wing-shaped anterior process."
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: Early/Lower Toarcian or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Baden-Württenburg) Suevoleviathan disinteger (type locality: 91698)