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Cymatosaurus latifrons

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia

Taxonomy
Nothosaurus latifrons was named by Gürich (1884). Its type specimen is SMNS 10109 (neotype), a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gogoliner Schichten, Muschelkalk, Chorzow, which is in an Anisian marginal marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Wellenkalk Formation of Poland.

It was recombined as Cymatosaurus latifrons by Kuhn (1971), Rieppel (1997), Sander et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. erytheus

Synonyms
  • Cymatosaurus silesiacus was named by Schrammen (1899).

    It was recombined as Cymatosaurus (Germanosaurus) silesiacus by Kuhn (1971); it was synonymized objectively with Cymatosaurus latifrons by Rieppel (1997).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Nothosaurus latifrons Gürich p. 132
1899Cymatosaurus silesiacus Schrammen
1971Cymatosaurus (Germanosaurus) silesiacus Kuhn p. 19
1971Cymatosaurus latifrons Kuhn p. 19
1997Cymatosaurus latifrons Rieppel p. 8 figs. 5-6
2014Cymatosaurus latifrons Sander et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
suborderPistosauroideaBaur 1887
genusCymatosaurusFritsch 1894
specieslatifrons()

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.

†Cymatosaurus latifrons Gürich 1884
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Invalid names: Cymatosaurus silesiacus Schrammen 1899 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Rieppel 1997A species of Cymatosaurus of intermediate size (tip of snout to back end of partial skull table up to 150 mm); single maxillary tooth preceding paired maxillary fangs; pre- and postfrontal may or may not be in contact at dorsal margin of orbit; frontal may closely approach but does not enter anteromedial margin of upper temporal fossa.
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland Cymatosaurus latifrons (138068) Nothosaurus latifrons (type locality: 63538)