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Anisodontosaurus greeri

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Anisodontosaurus greeri was named by Welles (1947). Its type specimen is UCMP 37804, a mandible (left mandible containing twelve teeth), 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 Anisodontosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Anisodontosaurus greeri Welles p. 273

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
genusAnisodontosaurus
speciesgreeri

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.

†Anisodontosaurus greeri Welles 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24USA (Arizona) Anisodontosaurus greeri (type locality: 34888 95112)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0USA (Arizona) Anisodontosaurus greeri (232491 232492)