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Agkistrognathus campbelli

Reptilia - Thalattosauria

Taxonomy
Agkistrognathus campbelli was named by Nicholls and Brinkman (1993). Its type specimen is TMP 89.127.6, a partial skull (Incomplete and disarticulated skull and mandibles. Elements present include premaxilla, maxilla, vomer, both dentaries, angular, splenial(?), and unidentified e), 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 Agkistrognathus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Agkistrognathus campbelli Nicholls and Brinkman pp. 274-275 figs. 9-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Thalattosauriformes
orderThalattosauria
superfamilyThalattosauroideaNopcsa 1928
genusAgkistrognathus
speciescampbelli

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.

Agkistrognathus campbelli Nicholls and Brinkman 1993
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. L. Nicholls and D. Brinkman 1993Same as for genus [Agkistrognathus]
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Canada (British Columbia) Agkistrognathus campbelli (type locality: 105083)