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Vinitasaura lizae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Vinitasaura lizae was named by Sues and Kligman (2021). Its type specimen is USNM PAL 770099, a mandible (left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tomahawk locality, USNM 39981, which is in a Carnian lacustrine - small mudstone in the Vinita Formation of Virginia. It is the type species of Vinitasaura.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Vinitasaura lizae Sues and Kligman

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
genusVinitasaura
specieslizae

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.

†Vinitasaura lizae Sues and Kligman 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, 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 - 227.3USA (Virginia) Vinitasaura lizae (type locality: 39159)