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Kuehneosaurus latus

Reptilia - Kuehneosauridae

Taxonomy
Kuehneosaurus latus was named by Robinson (1962). Its type specimen is NHMUK R.8172, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Emborough Quarry, which is in a Rhaetian fissure fill conglomerate/marl in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Kuehneosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Kuehneosaurus latus Robinson
1967Kuehneosaurus latus Robinson p. 173
1983Kuehneosaurus latus Estes p. 16 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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)
—LepidosauriformesGauthier et al. 1988
familyKuehneosauridae
genusKuehneosaurus
specieslatus

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.

†Kuehneosaurus latus Robinson 1962
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. L. Robinson 1967Diagnosis as for genus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Kuehneosaurus latus (type locality: 12858)