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Meyasaurus crusafonti

Osteichthyes - Teiidae

Taxonomy
Ilerdaesaurus crusafonti was named by Hoffstetter (1966). Its type specimen is MIPS, Montsec 10 (Institut de Paleontologia "M. Crusafont"), a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Pedrera de Meià, El Montsec, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Ilerdaesaurus.

It was recombined as Meyasaurus crusafonti by Hoffstetter (1966), Evans and Barbadillo (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Ilerdaesaurus crusafonti Hoffstetter
1966Meyasaurus crusafonti Hoffstetter
1983Ilerdaesaurus crusafonti Estes p. 192 fig. 54d
1996Meyasaurus crusafonti Evans and Barbadillo pp. 5-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
—Teiioidea
familyTeiidaeGray 1827
genusMeyasaurusVidal 1915
speciescrusafonti(Hoffstetter 1966)

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.

†Meyasaurus crusafonti Hoffstetter 1966
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Hoffstetter 1966Species of Meyasaurus in which the frontals, though constricted between the orbits, are less markedly so than in other species; 30 tooth positions in each jaw ramus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:44:41
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:44:41
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Cataluña) Ilerdaesaurus crusafonti (type locality: 85293)