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Xestops savagei

Osteichthyes - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Xestops savagei was named by Smith and Gauthier (2013). Its type specimen is UCMP 146425 (partial parietal) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Level M, UCMP V70243, which is in a Wasatchian channel lag siltstone/sandstone in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Xestops savagei Smith and Gauthier p. 183 figs. 19, 23A

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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
subfamilyGlyptosaurinaeMarsh 1872
genusXestopsCope 1873
speciessavagei

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.

Xestops savagei Smith and Gauthier 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-23 14:40:23
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:40:23
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Head 2005, Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wasatchian or 56.00000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lysitean - Lostcabinian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Xestops savagei (15451)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Xestops savagei (type locality: 181313)