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Eurheloderma gallicum

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Eurheloderma gallicum was named by Hoffstetter (1957). Its type specimen is MNHN QU 17746, a maxilla (left maxilla), 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 Eurheloderma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Eurheloderma gallicum Hoffstetter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Monstersauria
genusEurhelodermaHoffstetter 1957
speciesgallicumHoffstetter 1957

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.

†Eurheloderma gallicum Hoffstetter 1957
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Priabonian or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Eurheloderma gallicum (12840)
MP 1937.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Eurheloderma gallicum (12846)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Eurheloderma gallicum (12853)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Eurheloderma gallicum (12849)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.71 - 15.98France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Eurheloderma gallicum (type locality: 179194)