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Arizonasaurus babbitti

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Arizonasaurus babbitti was named by Welles (1947). Its type specimen is UCMP 36232, a maxilla (Anterior maxilla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Holbrook quarry, UCMP V3922, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian fine channel fill siltstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Arizonasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Arizonasaurus babbitti Welles p. 273 fig. 22
1976Arizonasaurus babbitti Charig and Sues p. 37
2011Arizonasaurus babbitti Nesbitt p. 27

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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
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
superfamilyPoposauroidea(Nopcsa 1923)
—Ctenosauriscidae(Kuhn 1964)
genusArizonasaurus
speciesbabbitti

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.

†Arizonasaurus babbitti Welles 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 246.70000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24USA (New Mexico) Arizonasaurus babbitti (135441)
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24USA (Arizona) Arizonasaurus babbitti (type locality: 34888 95092 95094 95095 95112)