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Amphekepubis johnsoni

Reptilia - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy
Amphekepubis johnsoni was named by Mehl (1930). Its type specimen is University of Missouri No. 509 V.P., a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of Monterey, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine claystone in the San Felipe Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Amphekepubis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Amphekepubis johnsoni Mehl pp. 383-392 figs. text figs. 1-3; Pls. LXIV-LXVII
1967Amphekepubis johnsoni Russell p. 122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
familyMosasauridae
subfamilyMosasaurinaeGervais 1853
genusAmphekepubis
speciesjohnsoni

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.

†Amphekepubis johnsoni Mehl 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Reproduction: ovoviviparousf
Created: 2018-01-05 16:32:54
Modified: 2018-01-05 16:32:54
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Gervais 1852, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Mexico (Nuevo León) Amphekepubis johnsoni (type locality: 107338)