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Acuetzpalin carranzai

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Acuetzpalin carranzai was named by Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega (2020). Its type specimen is IGM 0001, a skeleton (skull and axial skeleton, preserving part of the right pectoral girdle and left forelimb), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro de Palotes, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine siltstone/limestone in the La Casita Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Acuetzpalin.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Acuetzpalin carranzai Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Baracromia
familyOphthalmosauridaeAndrews 1910
subfamilyPlatypterygiinaeArkhangelsky 2001
genusAcuetzpalin
speciescarranzai

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.

†Acuetzpalin carranzai Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kimmeridgian or 157.30000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Mexico (Durango) Ophthalmosauridae indet. (type locality: 207509)