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Helvetisaurus picteti

Osteichthyes - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Helvetisaurus picteti was named by Hoffstetter (1942). Its type specimen is ML (Musee de Lausanne) pl. VIII figs 3-7 in Pictet 1855-57, a partial skull (lower jaw and a portion of cranial base), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mormont Entreroches, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial horizon in Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Helvetisaurus picteti Hoffstetter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyAnguidaeGray 1825
subfamilyAnguinaeGray 1825
tribeAnguini
genusHelvetisaurus
speciespictetiHoffstetter 1942

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.

†Helvetisaurus picteti Hoffstetter 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:41:37
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:25:38
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: MP 19 or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) Helvetisaurus picteti (12850)
MP 1937.71 - 33.9France Helvetisaurus picteti (84656)
MP 1937.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Helvetisaurus picteti (12845 12846)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Helvetisaurus picteti (12841 12842)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Switzerland Helvetisaurus picteti (type locality: 31743)