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Langeronyx brodiei

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Rhynchosaurus brodiei was named by Benton (1990). Its type specimen is WARMS Gz6097 + BMNH R8495, a partial skull (partial skull and mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coten End Quarry, which is in an Anisian channel sandstone/marl in the Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Langeronyx.

It was recombined as Langeronyx brodiei by Ezcurra et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Rhynchosaurus brodiei Benton p. 251 figs. 21-27, 46, 47
2016Langeronyx brodiei Ezcurra et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—Rhynchosauria()
—Rhynchosauridae()
genusLangeronyx
speciesbrodiei()

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.

†Langeronyx brodiei Benton 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:37:19
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:37:19
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464United Kingdom (England) Hyperodapedon gordoni (type locality: 57944) Rhynchosaurus brodiei (97695)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0United Kingdom (England) Rhynchosaurus brodiei (34402)