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Camptognathosaurus walbeckensis

Osteichthyes - Polyodontobaenidae

Taxonomy
Glyptosaurus walbeckensis was named by Kuhn (1940). Its type specimen is MLU.GeoS.4045, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Walbeck (Weferlingen), which is in a Selandian fissure fill sandstone/mudstone in Germany.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Augé (2005); it was recombined as Camptognathosaurus walbeckensis by Čerňanský and Vasilyan (2024).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Glyptosaurus walbeckensis Kuhn
2013Camptognathosaurus parisiensis Folie et al.
2024Camptognathosaurus walbeckensis Čerňanský and Vasilyan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
infraorderAmphisbaeniaGray 1844
familyPolyodontobaenidae
genusCamptognathosaurus
specieswalbeckensis(Kuhn 1940)

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.

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Invalid names: Camptognathosaurus parisiensis Folie et al. 2013 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialinfrao
Diet: insectivoreinfrao
Created: 2005-09-16 14:12:18
Modified: 2005-09-16 16:12:18
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Pianka and Vitt 2003

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 61.66000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Germany (Saxony-Anhalt) Glyptosaurus walbeckensis (type locality: 74643)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0France (Oise) Camptognathosaurus parisiensis (166598)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Camptognathosaurus parisiensis (87925 137125)