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Tingitana anoualae

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Tingitana anoualae was named by Evans and Sigogneau-Russell (1997). Its type specimen is MCM 120, a mandible (A juvenile left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ksar Met-Lili, Anoual, which is in a Tithonian/Berriasian deltaic sandstone in the Ksar Metlili Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Tingitana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Tingitana anoualae Evans and Sigogneau-Russell

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
—Sphenodontia()
genusTingitana
speciesanoualae

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.

†Tingitana anoualae Evans and Sigogneau-Russell 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. E. Evans and D. Sigogneau-Russell 1997A sphenodontian characterized by dentary teeth bearing strong, inwardly concave, anterolingual crests between a large posterior cone and a small anterolingual one; absence of posterior flanges on dentary teeth; coronoid process broad; Meckelian fossa with strongly overhanging dorsal lip and upturned ventral lip. From provisionally attributed maxilla-maxilla with tapering postorbital process, at least in the juvenile.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Berriasian or 145.06000 to 141.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Morocco (Oriental) Tingitana anoualae (type locality: 45726)