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Paralonectes merriami

Reptilia - Thalattosauria

Taxonomy
Paralonectes merriami was named by Nicholls and Brinkman (1993). Its type specimen is TMP 89.127.1, a partial skeleton (Skull, mandible, scattered vertebrae and ribs, isolated appendicular elements (ischium, propodial)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wapiti Lake, Locality D, which is in a Smithian marine siltstone/limestone in the Sulphur Mountain Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Paralonectes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Paralonectes merriami Nicholls and Brinkman p. 264 figs. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Thalattosauriformes
orderThalattosauria
superfamilyThalattosauroideaNopcsa 1928
genusParalonectes
speciesmerriami

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.

Paralonectes merriami Nicholls and Brinkman 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Smithian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Canada (British Columbia) Paralonectes merriami (type locality: 105083 152277)