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Trachelosaurus fischeri

Reptilia - Trachelosauridae

Taxonomy
Trachelosaurus fischeri was named by Broili and Fischer (1917). Its type specimen is Geologisches Institut der Universität Halle, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Merkel's Quarry (upper), Bernburg, which is in an Aegean terrestrial sandstone in the Solling Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Trachelosaurus fischeri Broili and Fischer
1971Trachelosaurus fischeri Kuhn p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
familyTrachelosauridaeBroili 1917
genusTrachelosaurus
speciesfischeri

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.

Trachelosaurus fischeri Broili and Fischer 1917
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Diagnosis
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Aegean or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Trachelosaurus fischeri (type locality: 134498)