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Pachyvaranus crassispondylus

Osteichthyes - Pachyvaranidae

Taxonomy
Pachyvaranus crassispondylus was named by Arambourg (1952). Its type specimen is MNHN PMC 1, a set of vertebrae (Mid-dorsal vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Youssoufia railway trench, which is in a Maastrichtian marine phosphorite in Morocco. It is the type species of Pachyvaranus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg

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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()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
infraorderPlatynotaBaur 1890
superfamilyVaranoideaGray 1827
familyPachyvaranidaeKuhn 1961
genusPachyvaranusArambourg 1952
speciescrassispondylusArambourg 1952

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.

†Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Reproduction: oviparoussuperf
Created: 2005-09-10 09:48:06
Modified: 2005-09-10 11:48:06
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Pianka and Vitt 2003, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Syria Varanoidea indet. (117853 117862)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco Pachyvaranus crassispondylus (116903)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco Pachyvaranus crassispondylus (99627 118067 type locality: 118377 213665 213666)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco Pachyvaranus crassispondylus (118378)