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Deltadectes elvetica

Osteichthyes - Rhynchocephalia - Gephyrosauridae

Taxonomy
Deltadectes elvetica was named by Whiteside et al. (2017). Its type specimen is PIMUZ A/III 4410, a set of teeth (the most posterior region of the tooth row of a left dentary with emplacements for two teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Breitelen, Hallau layers d & e, which is in a Rhaetian marine marl/marl in the Klettgau Formation of Switzerland. It is the type species of Deltadectes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Deltadectes elvetica Whiteside et al.

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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()
Eosuchia()
Neodiapsida
SauriaGauthier 1984
Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
orderRhynchocephalia
familyGephyrosauridae
genusDeltadectes
specieselvetica

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.

Deltadectes elvetica Whiteside et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Rhaetian or 227.30000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Switzerland (Schaffhausen) Deltadectes elvetica (194662)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Switzerland (Schaffhausen) Deltadectes elvetica (type locality: 51235)