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Genyodectes serus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Genyodectes serus was named by Woodward (1901). Its type specimen is MLP 26-39, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cañadón Grande, Rio Chubút, which is in an Albian terrestrial sandstone in the Cerro Barcino Formation of Argentina.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Tykoski and Rowe (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Genyodectes serus Nopcsa p. 217
1901Genyodectes serus Woodward p. 179–181 figs. Pl. 18-19
1904Genyodectes serus Ameghino p. 13
1906Genyodectes serus Ameghino p. 78
1926Genyodectes serus Huene pp. 89-90
1927Genyodectes serus Huene p. 256
1929Genyodectes serus Huene p. 142
1931Genyodectes serus Stromer p. 10
1934Genyodectes serus Stromer p. 78
1939Genyodectes serus Kuhn p. 83
1970Genyodectes serus Steel p. 41
1978Genyodectes serus Bonaparte p. 550
1979Genyodectes serus Bonaparte p. 233
1984Genyodectes serus Bonaparte p. 138
1995Genyodectes serus Frey and Martill p. 408
1996Genyodectes serus Bonaparte p. 93
2004Genyodectes serus Rauhut p. 895
2008Genyodectes serus Carrano and Sampson pp. 202, 207
2008Genyodectes serus Soto and Perea p. 442
2012Genyodectes serus Galton and Molnar p. 20
2013Genyodectes serus Otero and Reguero p. 15
2014Genyodectes serus Hendrickx and Mateus p. 19
2017Genyodectes serus Ezcurra and Agnolin p. 485
2018Genyodectes serus Delcourt p. 2

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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
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
suborderCeratosauria()
genusGenyodectes
speciesserus

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.

†Genyodectes serus Woodward 1901
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Albian or 113.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Argentina (Chubut) Genyodectes serus (type locality: 46075)