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Pistosaurus longaevus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Pistosaurus longaevus was named by Meyer (1839).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Pistosaurus grandaevus Meyer
1839Pistosaurus longaevus Meyer p. 699
1855Pistosaurus longaevus Meyer p. 23
1859Pistosaurus longaevus Owen p. 144
1860Pistosaurus longaevus Owen p. 214
1861Pistosaurus longaevus Owen p. 234
1889Pistosaurus longaevus Lydekker p. 287
1895Nothosaurus strunzi Geissler
1898Nothosaurus struntzi Spangenberg p. 407
1971Nothosaurus strunzi Kuhn p. 18
1971Pistosaurus longaevus Kuhn p. 19
1987Pistosaurus longaevus Sues pp. 110-111
2001Pistosaurus longaevus O'Keefe p. 9

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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
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
—Pistosauria(Baur 1890)
genusPistosaurus
specieslongaevus

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.

†Pistosaurus longaevus Meyer 1839
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Invalid names: Nothosaurus strunzi Geissler 1895 [synonym], Pistosaurus grandaevus Meyer 1839 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Fassanian or 243.33000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany Nothosaurus strunzi (130793)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Bayern) Pistosaurus longaevus (138136)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Italy (Trento) Pistosaurus longaevus (99310)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Poland (Upper Silesia) Pistosaurus longaevus (196691)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Poland Pistosaurus longaevus (149685)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Poland Pistosaurus longaevus (138137)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany (Thuringia) Pistosaurus longaevus (138101)