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Steganoposaurus belli

Captorhinomorpha

Taxonomy
Steganoposaurus belli was named by Branson and Mehl (1932). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is UM 595 VP and is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Sheep Mountain, near Lander, which is in a Pennsylvanian terrestrial sandstone in the Tensleep Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Steganoposaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Steganoposaurus belli Branson and Mehl
1971Steganoposaurus belli Haubold p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
orderCaptorhinomorpha(Watson 1917)
genusSteganoposaurus
speciesbelli

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.

†Steganoposaurus belli Branson and Mehl 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Pennsylvanian or 323.20000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Wyoming) Steganoposaurus belli (type locality: 197983)