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Macelognathus vagans

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Macelognathus vagans was named by Marsh (1884) [Type locality: Quarry 9, SW 1/4 Section 12, Township 22N, Range 77W, Como Bluff, Albany County, Wyoming, USA]. Its type specimen is YPM 1415, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Macelognathus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Macelognathus vagans Marsh p. 341
1897Macelognathus vagans Marsh p. 507
1902Macelognathus vagans Hay p. 505
1916Macelognathus vagans Mook p. 147
1930Macelognathus vagans Hay p. 187
1939Macelognathus vagans Kuhn p. 35
1964Macelognathus vagans Kuhn p. 7
1971Macelognathus vagans Ostrom
1989Macelognathus vagans Norell and Storrs
2005Macelognathus vagans Gohlich et al.
2013Macelognathus vagans Irmis et al.
2017Macelognathus vagans Leardi et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
genusMacelognathus
speciesvagans

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.

†Macelognathus vagans Marsh 1884
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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: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Macelognathus vagans (type locality: 12816)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Macelognathus vagans (53040)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Macelognathus vagans (71476)