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Ayalasaurus tenuis

Reptilia - Scincidae

Taxonomy
Ayalasaurus tenuis was named by Augé (2005). Its type specimen is MNHN QU 17190, a mandible (left dentary with anterior part of postdentaries (splenial and start of angular)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data), which is in an Eocene/Miocene terrestrial phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France. It is the type species of Ayalasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Ayalasaurus tenuis Augé p. 163 fig. 110

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
superfamilyScincoideaOppel 1811
familyScincidaeGray 1825
genusAyalasaurus
speciestenuis

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.

Ayalasaurus tenuis Augé 2005
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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
Created: 2005-09-05 19:45:25
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:45:25
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Ayalasaurus tenuis (12843)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.71 - 15.98France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Ayalasaurus tenuis (type locality: 179194)