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Gamerabaena sonsalla

Reptilia - Baenidae

Taxonomy
Gamerabaena sonsalla was named by Lyson and Joyce (2010). Its type specimen is ND 06-14.1, a partial skull (Incomplete skull without mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bucklin Township, near Marmarth, which is in a Maastrichtian channel lag conglomerate in the Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota. It is the type species of Gamerabaena.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Gamerabaena sonsalla Lyson and Joyce p. 395
2015Gamerabaena sonsalla Joyce and Lyson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
Paracryptodira
familyBaenidaeCope 1882
Baenodda()
Palatobaeninae()
genusGamerabaena
speciessonsalla

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.

Gamerabaena sonsalla Lyson and Joyce 2010
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Gamerabaena sonsalla (type locality: 118381)