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Psephosaurus suevicus

Reptilia - Placodontia - Placochelyidae

Taxonomy
Psephosaurus suevicus was named by Fraas (1896). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hoheneck, which is in a Longobardian estuary/bay limestone in the Erfurt Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Psephosaurus suevicus Fraas p. 13
1898Psephosaurus suecicus Spangenberg p. 407
1971Psephosaurus suevicus Kuhn p. 21

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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
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlacodontiaCope 1871
suborderCyamodontoideaNopcsa 1923
familyPlacochelyidae()
genusPsephosaurus
speciessuevicus

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.

Psephosaurus suevicus Fraas 1896
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Psephosaurus suevicus (type locality: 106357)