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Palaeocordylus bohemicus

Reptilia - Cordylidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocordylus bohemicus was named by Roček (1984). Its type specimen is DP FNSP 97, a mandible (left dentary with its most posterior portion missing), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dolnice, which is in a MN 4 fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/marl in Czechia. It is the type species of Palaeocordylus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Palaeocordylus bohemicus Roček p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
superfamilyScincoideaOppel 1811
familyCordylidaeGray 1837
genusPalaeocordylus
speciesbohemicus

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.

†Palaeocordylus bohemicus Roček 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: MN 4 or 16.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Czechia (Ústí nad Labem) Palaeocordylus bohemicus (48173)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Czechia (Karlovy Vary) Palaeocordylus bohemicus (type locality: 138666)