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Clevosaurus hudsoni

Reptilia - Clevosauridae

Taxonomy
Clevosaurus hudsoni was named by Swinton (1939). Its type specimen is BMNH R.5939, a partial skull (part of upper jaw; portions of R and L mandibles w/teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cromhall Quarry Site 1, which is in a Carnian fissure fill limestone/mudstone in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Clevosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Clevosaurus hudsoni Swinton p. 591

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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()
Eosuchia()
Neodiapsida
SauriaGauthier 1984
Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
Sphenodontia()
infraorderEusphenodontia
familyClevosauridae
genusClevosaurus
specieshudsoni

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.

Clevosaurus hudsoni Swinton 1939
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. E. Swinton 1939A small Sphenodont reptile having its lower tooth row almost as large as the mandibular ramus. Teeth acrodont, conical, with the cone medially placed and vertically directed, with grea.test width and greatest length approximately equal; stoutly built, regularly arranged and 'without diastemata. Second sacral rib distally bifurcate.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0United Kingdom (England) Clevosaurus hudsoni (type locality: 13173)