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Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei was named by Rich and Vickers-Rich (2003). Its type specimen is NMV P186385, a limb element (left ulna), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is The Arch, Kilcunda, which is in an Aptian fluvial sandstone in the "Wonthaggi" Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Serendipaceratops.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Agnolin et al. (2010), Leahey and Salisbury (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei Rich and Vickers-Rich p. 2 figs. 2, 4
2014Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei Rich et al.
2023Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei Poropat et al. p. 166

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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()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Marginocephalia
—Ceratopsia()
genusSerendipaceratops
speciesarthurcclarkei

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.

†Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei Rich and Vickers-Rich 2003
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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: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-15 11:08:09
Modified: 2005-09-15 13:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Norman and Weishampel 1991, Marsh 1875

Age range: Early/Lower Aptian or 121.40000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Australia (Victoria) Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei (type locality: 38535)