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Serpianosaurus

Osteichthyes - Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Serpianosaurus Carroll
1989Serpianosaurus Rieppel p. 3 figs. 1-10
1995Serpianosaurus Rieppel and Lin p. 35
2000Serpianosaurus Rieppel
2002Serpianosaurus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
superfamilyPachypleurosauroidea
familyPachypleurosauridae(Nopcsa 1928)
genusSerpianosaurus

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.

G. †Serpianosaurus Rieppel 1989
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†Serpianosaurus germanicus Diedrich 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Fassanian or 244.24000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Switzerland (Ticino) S. mirigiolensis (86828)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Switzerland (Kanton Tessin) S. mirigiolensis (86837)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Switzerland (Ticino) S. mirigiolensis (86838 86839 86840)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) S. germanicus (196743)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Switzerland (Ticino) S. mirigiolensis (86830 86831 86832 86833)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Switzerland S. mirigiolensis (122057)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Switzerland (Ticino) S. mirigiolensis (86834 86835 86836)