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Aphelosaurus

Reptilia - Protorosauria - Protorosauridae

Taxonomy
Aphelosaurus was named by Gervais (1858). It is not extant. Its type is Aphelosaurus lutevensis.

It was assigned to Protorosauridae by Osborn (1903), Kuhn (1966); and to Araeoscelidae by Falconnet (2014).

Species
A. lutevensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Aphelosaurus Gervais
1903Aphelosaurus Osborn p. 467
1966Aphelosaurus Kuhn p. 40
2014Aphelosaurus Falconnet

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
orderProtorosauriaHuxley 1871
familyProtorosauridae
genusAphelosaurus

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.

G. †Aphelosaurus Gervais 1858
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†Aphelosaurus lutevensis Gervais 1858
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2011-03-27 21:49:37
Modified: 2011-03-27 05:49:37
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Renesto 2005

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 - 293.52France (Languedoc-Roussillon) A. lutevensis (171350)