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Adinophis fisaka

Osteichthyes - Madtsoiidae

Taxonomy
Adinophis fisaka was named by Pritchard et al. (2014). Its type specimen is UA 9941, a set of vertebrae (Posterior trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MAD93-73 (SUNY), which is in a Maastrichtian crevasse splay sandstone in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Adinophis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Adinophis fisaka Pritchard et al. p. 1081

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyMadtsoiidae()
genusAdinophis
speciesfisaka

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.

Adinophis fisaka Pritchard et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Madtsoiidae indet. (39266 type locality: 55270)