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Gephyrosaurus bridensis

Reptilia - Rhynchocephalia

Taxonomy
Gephyrosaurus bridensis was named by Evans (1980). Its type specimen is UCL T.1503, right dentary, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pontalun Quarry (St. Bride's Island), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fissure fill limestone/marl in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Gephyrosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Gephyrosaurus bridensis Evans pp. 204-207 fig. 2

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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
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
orderRhynchocephalia
genusGephyrosaurus
speciesbridensis

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.

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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: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9United Kingdom (Wales) Lepidosauria indet. (type locality: 46118)