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Gurvansaurus potissimus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Gurvansaurus potissimus was named by Alifanov (1993). Its type specimen is PIN 3143/104, a partial skull (skull without roof bones and with lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tugrikiyn-Shire [SMPE] (PIN coll. 3143), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Gurvansaurus potissimus Alifanov p. 82 figs. 2, 6
2000Gurvansaurus potissimus Alifanov p. 374

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Episquamata
—ToxicoferaVidal and Hedges 2005
infraorderIguaniaCuvier 1817
infraorderMacrocephalosauria
superfamilyMongolochamopoidea
subfamilyMongolochamopinae
genusGurvansaurus
speciespotissimus

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.

†Gurvansaurus potissimus Alifanov 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) Gurvansaurus potissimus (type locality: 118259)