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Mambachiton fiandohana

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Mambachiton fiandohana was named by Nesbitt et al. (2023) [Holotype— UA 8-25-97-132, an articulated series of anterior to posterior cervical vertebrae and osteoderms, anterior cervical vertebra neural arch fragment, cervical rib, and disarticulated osteoderms. A right partial postfrontal was directly as- sociated with the holotype.]. Its type specimen is UA 8-25-97-132, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of Sakaraha, which is in a Ladinian/Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Isalo II Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Mambachiton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Mambachiton fiandohana Nesbitt et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
informalAvemetatarsalia
genusMambachiton
speciesfiandohana

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.

†Mambachiton fiandohana Nesbitt et al. 2023
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Carnian or 241.46400 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Madagascar (Toliara) Mambachiton fiandohana (type locality: 96283)