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Cuvieribaena carlgansi

Osteichthyes - Blanidae

Taxonomy
Cuvieribaena carlgansi was named by Cernansky et al. (2015). Its type specimen is USTL BRT 1417, a mandible (complete left mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Le Bretou, which is in a Bartonian karst phosphorite in France. It is the type species of Cuvieribaena.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Cuvieribaena carlgansi Cernansky et al. pp. e902379-2

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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()
infraorderAmphisbaeniaGray 1844
—Amphisbaeniformes
familyBlanidaeKearney 2003
genusCuvieribaena
speciescarlgansi

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.

†Cuvieribaena carlgansi Cernansky et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialinfrao
Diet: insectivoreinfrao
Created: 2005-09-16 14:12:18
Modified: 2005-09-16 21:12:18
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Pianka and Vitt 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Cuvieribaena carlgansi (type locality: 12840)