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Pachypleurosaurus staubi

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae

Taxonomy
Pachypleurosaurus staubi was named by Kuhn-Schnyder (1959). Its type specimen is Zurich A/III 254, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is near Bergün, which is in a Fassanian marine horizon in the Prosanto Formation of Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Pachypleurosaurus staubi Kuhn-Schnyder
1976Pachypleurosaurus staubi Mateer p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
superfamilyPachypleurosauroidea
familyPachypleurosauridae(Nopcsa 1928)
genusPachypleurosaurusBroili 1927
speciesstaubiKuhn-Schnyder 1959

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.

Pachypleurosaurus staubi Kuhn-Schnyder 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ladinian or 242.00000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy (Lombardia) Pachypleurosaurus staubi (106316)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Switzerland (Graubünden) Pachypleurosaurus staubi (type locality: 196661)