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Abronia cuyama

Osteichthyes - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Abronia cuyama was named by Scarpetta and Ledesma (2023). Its type specimen is UCMP 54560, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Big Cat Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the MR Caliente Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Abronia cuyama Scarpetta and Ledesma

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyAnguidaeGray 1825
subfamilyGerrhonotinae(Cope 1864)
genusAbroniaGray 1838
speciescuyama

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.

†Abronia cuyama Scarpetta and Ledesma 2023
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:41:37
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:25:38
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Clarendonian or 12.50000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Abronia cuyama (type locality: 19181)