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Escampcerta amblyodonta

Reptilia - Lacertidae

Taxonomy
Escampcerta amblyodonta was named by Augé (2005). Its type specimen is USTL ECC2507 (right dentary) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Escamps X, which is in a MP 19 karst phosphorite in France. It is the type species of Escampcerta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Escampcerta amblyodonta Augé p. 125 fig. 85

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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()
—Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
familyLacertidaeBonaparte 1831
genusEscampcerta
speciesamblyodonta

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:45:04
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:45:04
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979

Age range: MP 19 or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Escampcerta amblyodonta (12853)
MP 1937.2 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Escampcerta amblyodonta (type locality: 12846)