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Athabascasaurus bitumineus

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Athabascasaurus bitumineus was named by Druckenmiller and Maxwell (2010). Its type specimen is TMP 2000.29.01, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Syncrude Base Mine, West side III, which is in an Albian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Clearwater Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Athabascasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Athabascasaurus bitumineus Druckenmiller and Maxwell p. 1039
2013Athabascasaurus bitumineus Fischer et al.
2014Athabascasaurus bitumineus Arkhangelsky and Zverkov
2016Athabascasaurus bitumineus Ji et al. p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Baracromia
familyOphthalmosauridaeAndrews 1910
subfamilyPlatypterygiinaeArkhangelsky 2001
genusAthabascasaurus
speciesbitumineus

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.

†Athabascasaurus bitumineus Druckenmiller and Maxwell 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 112.03000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Canada (Alberta) Athabascasaurus bitumineus (type locality: 119020)