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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
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
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 mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Canada (British Columbia) Sikannisuchus huskyi (type locality: 107288 107289 107290 107291)