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Astrophocaudia slaughteri

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Astrophocaudia slaughteri was named by D'Emic (2013). Its type specimen is SMU 61732 and 203/73655, a partial skeleton (Tooth, two cervical vertebrae, fragments of dorsal vertebrae, 24 caudal vertebrae, approximately 20 fragmentary dorsal ribs, two chevrons, a distal scapular bla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Walnut Creek B local fauna, which is in an Albian terrestrial sandstone in the Paluxy Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Astrophocaudia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Astrophocaudia slaughteri D'Emic
2015Astrophocaudia slaughteri Adams p. 9

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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()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Somphospondyli
genusAstrophocaudia
speciesslaughteri

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. D. D'Emic 2013Anterior-middle caudal vertebrae with planar hyposphene–hypantrum articulations set off from zygapophyses; anterior-middle caudal vertebrae with prespinal lamina contacting intraprezygapophyseal lamina.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 112.03000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) Pleurocoelus sp. (type locality: 137532)