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Chelydosaurus vranii

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Actinodontidae

Taxonomy
Chelydosaurus vranii was named by Fritsch (1889). It is not extant. Its type locality is Olivetin, Broumov City, Boheme, which is in a Rotliegendes terrestrial limestone in Czechia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Chelydosaurus vranii Fritsch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Archegosauriformes
familyActinodontidaeLydekker 1885
genusChelydosaurusFritsch 1885
speciesvraniiFritsch 1889

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.

†Chelydosaurus vranii Fritsch 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Rotliegendes or 283.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rotliegendes283.3 - 259.51Czechia (Boheme) Chelydosaurus vranii (type locality: 58139)