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Vellbergia bartholomaei

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Vellbergia bartholomaei was named by Sobral et al. (2020). Its type specimen is SMNS 91590, a partial skull (partial skull exposed in left-lateral view), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vellberg-Eschenau, which is in a Longobardian estuary/bay claystone in the Erfurt Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Vellbergia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Vellbergia bartholomaei Sobral et al. figs. 1-2

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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()
Eosuchia()
Neodiapsida
SauriaGauthier 1984
Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
genusVellbergia
speciesbartholomaei

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.

Vellbergia bartholomaei Sobral et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Vellbergia bartholomaei (type locality: 101875)