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Unguinychus onyx

Osteichthyes - Drepanosauridae

Taxonomy
Unguinychus onyx was named by Pugh et al. (2024). It is not extant. Its type specimen is LF5575, a set of limb elements (ungual, likely from digit II). Its type locality is Homestead Site, Garita Creek, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine claystone/sandstone in the Garita Creek Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Unguinychus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Unguinychus onyx Pugh et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Drepanosauromorpha
familyDrepanosauridae
genusUnguinychus
speciesonyx

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.

Unguinychus onyx Pugh et al. 2024
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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, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (New Mexico) Unguinychus onyx (type locality: 235534)