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Changetisaurus estesi

Reptilia - Dorsetisauridae

Taxonomy
Changetisaurus estesi was named by Federov and Nessov (1992). Its type specimen is Zool. Inst. RAN, RNT No. F89, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Changet I, Fergana, which is in a Bathonian terrestrial claystone in the Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan. It is the type species of Changetisaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Changetisaurus estesi Federov and Nessov p. 12 figs. Pl. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyDorsetisauridaeHoffstetter 1967
subfamilyChangetisaurinae
genusChangetisaurus
speciesestesi

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.

Changetisaurus estesi Federov and Nessov 1992
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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, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Kyrgyzstan (Jalal-Abad) Changetisaurus estesi (type locality: 58187)