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Eopneumatosuchus colberti

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Eopneumatosuchus colberti was named by Crompton and Smith (1980). Its type specimen is MNA Pl. 2460, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MCZ 79A/7, Eopneumatosuchus type locality, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian fluvial siltstone/sandstone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Eopneumatosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Eopneumatosuchus colberti Crompton and Smith p. 197
2012Eopneumatosuchus colberti Bronzati et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
genusEopneumatosuchus
speciescolberti

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.

†Eopneumatosuchus colberti Crompton and Smith 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2USA (Arizona) Eopneumatosuchus colberti (type locality: 27717 27718)