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Teilhardosaurus carbonarius

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Teilhardosaurus carbonarius was named by Shikama (1947). Its type specimen is Museum of Natural Resources of South Manchuria, Dairen, China specimen, a mandible (Anterior part of right mandible, with teeth.), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xinqiu (Hsinchiu) coal mine, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial coal/shale in the Fuxin Formation of China. It is the type species of Teilhardosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Teilhardosaurus carbonarius Shikama pp. 82-84 figs. 1-3, 5
1983Teilhardosaurus carbonarius Estes p. 195

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderLacertilia(Owen 1842)
genusTeilhardosaurus
speciescarbonarius

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.

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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Albian or 121.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Teilhardosaurus carbonarius (type locality: 115165)