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Aenigmaspina pantyffynnonensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Aenigmaspina pantyffynnonensis was named by Patrick et al. (2019) [A crurotarsan with a distinctive subrectangular spine table on the cervical and anterior dorsal vertebrae. Cervical vertebrae spine tables have anterior and posterior projections along their midline. Spine tables are found as far back as the fourth dorsal vertebra, and they show a deeply angled ‘V’ shape in anterior and posterior views, in which each half of the spine table is angled at up to 45° from the horizontal in cervical vertebrae; the more posterior spine tables have a more open ‘V’ shape, in which the two leaves of the spine table are closer to horizontal. No other described archosaur has such a deeply angled ‘V’-shaped spine table. The osteoderms bifurcate posteriorly and have a ventral longitudinal keel, thickened at the point of bifurcation, which attached precisely to a groove formed by the spine table. The scapula blade, straight in anterior and posterior views, is ca. 10–12 times as long as the narrowest width of the shaft and ca. 3.2–4.5 times as long as the greatest width of its proximal portion.]. Its type specimen is NHMUK P9/3a, a set of postcrania (12 articulated or near-articulated anterior vertebrae, 12 ribs, eight osteoderms, one right scapula, and nine additional fragmentary bones), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pant-y-ffynnon Quarry, Bonvilston, which is in a Carnian fissure fill limestone/marl in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Aenigmaspina pantyffynnonensis Patrick et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
Ornithosuchidae(Huene 1908)
genusAenigmaspina
speciespantyffynnonensis

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.

Aenigmaspina pantyffynnonensis Patrick et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3United Kingdom (Wales) Aenigmaspina pantyffynnonensis (type locality: 27012)