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Rhynchosauroides majus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Rhynchosauroides majus was named by Demathieu (1967). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is 21.1 I2, GGPD coll., a footprint, and it is a trace fossil.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Klein and Lucas (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. brunswicki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Rhynchosauroides majus Demathieu
1968Rhynchosauroides majus Courel et al. p. 277
1970Rhynchosauroides majus Demathieu p. 95
1972Rhynchosauroides majus Demathieu and Haubold p. 804
1974Rhynchosauroides majus Haubold p. 117
2007Rhynchosauroides majus Gand et al. p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
genusRhynchosauroidesMaidwell 1911
speciesmajusDemathieu 1967

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.

†Rhynchosauroides majus Demathieu 1967
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Ladinian or 246.70000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Rhynchosauroides majus (31310)