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Eosaniwa koehni

Osteichthyes - Palaeovaranidae

Taxonomy
Eosaniwa koehni was named by Haubold (1977). Its type specimen is GM XXXVIII 157, a partial skeleton (skull and incomplete skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Geiseltal, Mittelkohle, Zone II (Middlecoal, zone II), which is in a Lutetian lacustrine lignite in Germany. It is the type species of Eosaniwa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Eosaniwa koehni Haubold

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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)
familyPalaeovaranidaeGeorgalis 2017
genusEosaniwaHaubold 1977
specieskoehniHaubold 1977

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.

†Eosaniwa koehni Haubold 1977
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Eosaniwa koehni (type locality: 45002 45766)