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Tambacarnifex unguifalcatus

Osteichthyes - Varanopidae

Taxonomy
Tambacarnifex unguifalcatus was named by Berman et al. (2014). Its type specimen is MNG 10596, a partial skeleton (greater part of postcranial skeleton preserved both in bone and as impressions on counterpart blocks), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bromacker Quarry (upper level of Tambach sandstone), which is in an Asselian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Tambach Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Tambacarnifex.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Tambacarnifex unguifalcatus Berman et al. p. 70 figs. 5.1-5.9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
familyVaranopidae()
Neovaranopsia
subfamilyVaranodontinae
genusTambacarnifex
speciesunguifalcatus

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.

Tambacarnifex unguifalcatus Berman et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. S. Berman et al. 2014As for genus [Tambacarnifex]
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Germany (Thuringia) Varanopseidae new sp. (type locality: 80112)