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Variodens inopinatus

Osteichthyes - Trilophosauridae

Taxonomy
Variodens inopinatus was named by Robinson (1957). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Emborough Quarry, which is in a Rhaetian fissure fill conglomerate/marl in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Variodens.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Variodens inopinatus Robinson p. 292

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
familyTrilophosauridaeGregory 1945
genusVariodens
speciesinopinatus

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.

†Variodens inopinatus Robinson 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Variodens inopinatus (type locality: 12858 120898)