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Kalthifrons aurivellensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Kalthifrons aurivellensis was named by Yates and Pledge (2017). Its type specimen is SAM P35062, a partial skull (Poorly preserved skull with incomplete associated lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Golden Fleece, Lake Palankarinna, which is in a Zanclean channel sandstone in the Tirari Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Kalthifrons.

Entered
by P. Mannion on 2016-11-21

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Kalthifrons aurivellensis Yates and Pledge

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—LongirostresCuvier
—Crocodyloidea(Deraniyagala 1939)
—Mekosuchinae()
genusKalthifrons
speciesaurivellensis

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.

†Kalthifrons aurivellensis Yates and Pledge 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (South Australia) Kalthifrons aurivellensis (type locality: 182671)