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Redondasaurus gregorii

Reptilia - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Redondasaurus gregorii was named by Hunt and Lucas (1993). Its type specimen is YPM 3294, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shark Tooth Hill, NMMNH Loc. 487, which is in a Norian floodplain conglomerate/siltstone in the Redonda Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Redondasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Redondasaurus gregorii Hunt and Lucas

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
subfamilyMystriosuchinaevon Huene 1915
—Leptosuchomorpha
—Mystriosuchini(Huene 1915)
genusRedondasaurus
speciesgregorii

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.

†Redondasaurus gregorii Hunt and Lucas 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:18
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:18
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Rhaetian or 228.00000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Mexico) Machaeroprosopus sp. (93685) Phytosauridae indet. (83738) Redondasaurus gregorii (type locality: 83737) Redondasaurus sp. (93672)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (New Mexico) Redondasaurus gregorii (48422)