Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Necrosaurus eucarinatus

Osteichthyes - Necrosauridae

Taxonomy
Necrosaurus eucarinatus was named by Kuhn (1940). Its type specimen is GM 4021, a partial skeleton (hindlimb with associated osteoderms), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Geiseltal, Ce III, Grube "Cecilie", which is in a Lutetian lacustrine coal in Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. giganteus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Necrosaurus eucarinatus Kuhn

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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)
familyNecrosauridaeHoffstetter 1943
genusNecrosaurusFilhol 1876
specieseucarinatusKuhn 1940

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.

show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Created: 2005-09-23 14:19:46
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:19:46
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Augé 2003

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Priabonian or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Necrosaurus eucarinatus (type locality: 45801)
MP 1937.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Necrosaurus eucarinatus (12846)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Necrosaurus eucarinatus (12853)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Necrosaurus eucarinatus (12841 12842 12854)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.71 - 15.98France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Necrosaurus eucarinatus (179194)