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Sikannisuchus huskyi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Sikannisuchus huskyi was named by Nicholls et al. (1998). Its type specimen is RTMP 94.382.3 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality D, headwaters of Chicken Creek, which is in a Norian deep subtidal shelf limestone in the Pardonet Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Sikannisuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Sikannisuchus huskyi Nicholls et al. p. 1134 figs. 2-8

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
genusSikannisuchus
specieshuskyi

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.

†Sikannisuchus huskyi Nicholls et al. 1998
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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Canada (British Columbia) Sikannisuchus huskyi (type locality: 107288 107289 107290 107291)