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Mehliella jeffersonensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Walteria jeffersonensis was named by Mehl (1931). Its type specimen is A635 V.P. and B635 V.P., U. of Mo. and is a trace fossil. Its type locality is tracksite, 2 miles northwest of Golden, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian coastal sandstone/shale in the Muddy Sandstone Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Walteria, Mehliella.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Lockley et al. (1992); it was recombined as Mehliella jeffersonensis by Haubold (1971), Thulborn (1990) and Lockley (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Walteria jeffersonensis Mehl pp. 448-449 figs. 2, 3
1971Mehliella jeffersonensis Haubold p. 103
1990Mehliella jeffersonensis Thulborn p. 207
2010Mehliella jeffersonensis Lockley p. 158 figs. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
genusMehliellaStrand 1932
speciesjeffersonensis()

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: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 105.30000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Walteria jeffersonensis (type locality: 61429)