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Ultrastenos willisi

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Ultrastenos willisi was named by Stein et al. (2016). Its type specimen is QM F42665, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is D Site, which is in a Chattian fluvial-lacustrine limestone in the Carl Creek Limestone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Ultrastenos.

Entered
by P. Mannion on 2016-05-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Ultrastenos willisi Stein et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—LongirostresCuvier
—Crocodyloidea(Deraniyagala 1939)
—Mekosuchinae()
genusUltrastenos
specieswillisi

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.

†Ultrastenos willisi Stein et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Queensland) Ultrastenos willisi (type locality: 143470)