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Eilenodon robustus

Reptilia - Rhynchocephalia - Sphenodontidae

Taxonomy
Eilenodon robustus was named by Rasmussen and Callison (1981). Its type specimen is LACM 120462, a partial skeleton (Both right and left posterior halves of mandibles; including ten teeth on left mandible and seven on right mandible; right quadrate. There are also associated s), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 4.8 km WSW of Fruita, FPA, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian alluvial fan siltstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Eilenodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Eilenodon robustus Rasmussen and Callison pp. 1111-1112 figs. 1-2

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
orderRhynchocephalia
familySphenodontidaeCope 1871
—Opisthodontia
subfamilyEilenodontinae
genusEilenodon
speciesrobustus

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.

†Eilenodon robustus Rasmussen and Callison 1981
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. E. Rasmussen and G. Callison 1981As for genus [Eilenodon]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 154.80000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Colorado) Rhynchocephalia indet. (type locality: 137733)