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Bicuspidon hatzegiensis

Reptilia - Polyglyphanodontidae

Taxonomy
Bicuspidon hatzegiensis was named by Folie and Codrea (2005). Its type specimen is PSMUBB V 368, a mandible (posterior part of left dentary with two teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pui Islaz (microvertebrates), which is in a Maastrichtian dry floodplain mudstone in the Sînpetru Formation of Romania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Bicuspidon hatzegiensis Folie and Codrea p. 64 figs. 4 A-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Scincomorpha()
PolyglyphanodontiaAlifanov 2000
familyPolyglyphanodontidaeGilmore 1942
genusBicuspidon
specieshatzegiensis

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.

Bicuspidon hatzegiensis Folie and Codrea 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: omnivoreg
Created: 2009-01-04 09:45:27
Modified: 2009-01-04 11:45:27
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Evans and Manabe 2008, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 86.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Hungary (Veszprém) Bicuspidon hatzegiensis (48722)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Bicuspidon hatzegiensis (type locality: 48445)