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Torvoneustes coryphaeus

Osteichthyes - Metriorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Torvoneustes coryphaeus was named by Young et al. (2013). Its type specimen is MJML K1863, a skull (Three-dimensionally preserved skull (lacking most of the rostrum), the posterior half of the left mandibular ramus, and seven isolated teeth found in close asso), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Studley Grange landfill site, which is in a Kimmeridgian open shallow subtidal carbonate in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Torvoneustes coryphaeus Young et al. p. 823

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
infraorderThalattosuchia()
—Neothalattosuchia
superfamilyMetriorhynchoideaYoung et al. 2010
—Euthalattosuchia
familyMetriorhynchidaeFitzinger 1843
subfamilyGeosaurinaeLydekker 1889
genusTorvoneustes
speciescoryphaeus

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.

†Torvoneustes coryphaeus Young et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: nektonicsubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-07-23 01:12:29
Modified: 2009-07-23 03:12:29
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Torvoneustes coryphaeus (type locality: 152924)