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Muiscasaurus catheti

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Muiscasaurus catheti was named by Maxwell et al. (2015). Its type specimen is CIP-FCG-CBP-74, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vereda Llanitos, which is in a Barremian/Aptian marine shale/limestone in the Paja Formation of Colombia. It is the type species of Muiscasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Muiscasaurus catheti Maxwell et al.

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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)
—Baracromia
familyOphthalmosauridaeAndrews 1910
genusMuiscasaurus
speciescatheti

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.

†Muiscasaurus catheti Maxwell et al. 2015
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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: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 130.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian - Late/Upper Aptian130.0 - 113.0Colombia (Boyaca) Muiscasaurus catheti (type locality: 175725)