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Tinosaurus pristinus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Chamaeleo pristinus was named by Leidy (1872). It is extant. Its type specimen is Philadelphia Acad. Sci. cat. no. 9134 (median portion of right dentary with eight teeth). Its type locality is Tinosaurus pristinus type locality, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Tinosaurus pristinus by Gilmore (1928) and Hay (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Chamaeleo pristinus Leidy p. 277
1873Chameleo pristinus Leidy p. 184
1902Chamaeleo pristinus Hay p. 478
1928Tinosaurus pristinus Gilmore
1930Tinosaurus pristinus Hay p. 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—ChamaeleontiformesConrad 2008
—AcrodontaCope 1864
genusTinosaurus
speciespristinus()

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.

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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

Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Tinosaurus pristinus (type locality: 179965)