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Nicrosaurus meyeri

Reptilia - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Nicrosaurus meyeri was named by Hungerbühler and Hunt (2000). Its type specimen is SMNS 12593, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burrer Quarry, Pfaffenhofen, which is in an Alaunian terrestrial sandstone/marl in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Nicrosaurus meyeri Hungerbühler and Hunt p. 471
2010Nicrosaurus meyeri Maisch and Kapitzke p. 377
2013Nicrosaurus meyeri Stocker and Butler

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
subfamilyMystriosuchinaevon Huene 1915
—Leptosuchomorpha
—Mystriosuchini(Huene 1915)
genusNicrosaurusFraas 1866
speciesmeyeri

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.

†Nicrosaurus meyeri Hungerbühler and Hunt 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:18
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:18
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: Alaunian or 215.38000 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Nicrosaurus species B (138916)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Nicrosaurus species B (47785)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mystriosuchus planirostris (type locality: 47800)