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Brachychirotherium lorteti

Osteichthyes - Chirotheriidae

Taxonomy
Chirotherium lorteti was named by Haubold (1970). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was recombined as Brachychirotherium lorteti by Haubold (1971), Demathieu and Haubold (1972), Haubold (1974), Demathieu (1974), Gand (1974), Gand et al. (2007), Gand et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Chirotherium lorteti Haubold
1971Brachychirotherium lorteti Haubold p. 57
1972Brachychirotherium lorteti Demathieu and Haubold p. 805
1974Brachychirotherium lorteti Demathieu p. 6–7
1974Brachychirotherium lorteti Gand p. 9
1974Brachychirotherium lorteti Haubold p. 117
2007Brachychirotherium lorteti Gand et al. p. 12
2012Brachychirotherium lorteti Gand et al. p. 68

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
familyChirotheriidaeAbel 1935
genusBrachychirotherium
specieslorteti(Haubold 1970)

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.

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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 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0France (Burgundy) Chirotherium sp. (199935)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Brachychirotherium lorteti (28092)