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Tinosaurus europeocaenus

Osteichthyes - Agamidae

Taxonomy
Tinosaurus europeocaenus was named by Auge and Smith (1997). Its type specimen is IRScNB R202, a mandible (left dentary with damaged posterior), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dormaal, which is in a Ypresian fluvial sandstone in the Tienen Formation of Belgium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Tinosaurus europeocaenus Auge and Smith fig. 1

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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()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—ChamaeleontiformesConrad 2008
—AcrodontaCope 1864
familyAgamidaeGray 1827
genusTinosaurus(Estes 1783)
specieseuropeocaenusAuge and Smith 1997

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.

†Tinosaurus europeocaenus Auge and Smith 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: MP 8 + 9 or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1056.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) Tinosaurus indet. (68440)
MP 8 + 956.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) Tinosaurus sp. (84997)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Marne) Tinosaurus europeocaenus (35535) Tinosaurus sp. (35533)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Champagne-Ardenne) Tinosaurus europeocaenus (28546)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium (Brabant) Tinosaurus europeocaenus (type locality: 35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Île-de-France) Tinosaurus europeocaenus (68437)