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Paratypothorax andressorum

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Paratypothorax andressi was named by Long and Ballew (1985). Its type specimen is SMNS unnumbered, an osteoderm (Anterior caudal paramedian scute), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Heslach quarries, Stuttgart, "Heslacher Wand", which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.

It was corrected as Paratypothorax andressorum by Heckert (1997), Parker (2007), Desojo et al. (2013) and Parker (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Paratypothorax andressi Long and Ballew
1992Paratypothorax andressi Hunt and Lucas
1995Paratypothorax andressi Long and Murry p. 108
1997Paratypothorax andressorum Heckert
2007Paratypothorax andressorum Parker
2013Paratypothorax andressorum Desojo et al.
2016Paratypothorax andressorum Parker

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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
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Aetosauria(Lydekker 1889)
—Stagonolepididae(Lydekker 1887)
subfamilyAetosaurinae(Baur 1887)
—Typothoracisinae
—Paratypothoracisini
genusParatypothorax
speciesandressorum()

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.

†Paratypothorax andressorum Long and Ballew 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:33
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:33
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Paratypothorax andressorum (106363)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Paratypothorax andressi (type locality: 47785)