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Brachychirotherium hessei

Reptilia - Chirotheriidae

Taxonomy
Chirotherium hessei was named by Soergel (1925). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was recombined as Brachychirotherium hessei by Haubold (1971), Demathieu and Haubold (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Chirotherium hessei Soergel
1927Chirotherium hessei Kirchner p. 117
1948Chirotherium hessei Peabody pp. 346-347
1958Chirotherium hessei Kuhn p. 21
1959Chirotherium hessei Schmidt p. 97
1969Chirotherium hessei Haubold p. 92 fig. 2
1971Brachychirotherium hessei Haubold p. 56
1972Brachychirotherium hessei Demathieu and Haubold p. 805

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
familyChirotheriidaeAbel 1935
genusBrachychirotherium
specieshessei(Soergel 1925)

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.

†Brachychirotherium hessei Soergel 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983
Collections
No collection or age range data are available