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Cymatosaurus multidentatus

Osteichthyes - Eosauropterygia

Taxonomy
Anarosaurus multidentatus was named by Huene (1958). Its type specimen is Mbg 4791, a mandible (Partial mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cymatosaurus multidentatus by Rieppel (1997), Sander et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Anarosaurus multidentatus Huene pp. 382-384
1971Anarosaurus multidentatus Kuhn p. 18
1997Cymatosaurus multidentatus Rieppel p. 14
2014Cymatosaurus multidentatus Sander 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
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
suborderPistosauroideaBaur 1887
genusCymatosaurusFritsch 1894
speciesmultidentatus(Huene 1958)

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria (Arlberg) Cymatosaurus multidentatus (type locality: 138070)