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Cymbospondylus natans

Reptilia - Cymbospondylidae

Taxonomy
Cymbospondylus natans was named by Merriam (1908). Its type specimen is UCMP 9873, a limb element (humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Phalarodon nordenskioeldii by Nicholls et al. (1999); it was considered a nomen dubium by McGowan and Motani (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Cymbospondylus natans Merriam p. 150 figs. Plate 13, Figs. 1a & 1b
1930Cymbospondylus natans Hay p. 125

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Hueneosauria
suborderLongipinnatiHuene 1948
familyCymbospondylidaevon Huene 1948
genusCymbospondylusLeidy 1868
speciesnatans

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.

†Cymbospondylus natans Merriam 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Triassic or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0USA (Nevada) Cymbospondylus natans (34267)