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Zatomus sarcophagus

Reptilia - Teratosauridae

Taxonomy
Zatomus sarcophagus was named by Cope (1871). Its type specimen is tooth, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Zatomus.

It was considered a nomen vanum by Welles (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Zatomus sarcophagus Cope p. 211
1875Zatomus sarcophagus Cope p. 36
1902Zatomus sarcophagus Hay p. 490
1930Zatomus sarcophagus Hay p. 143
1939Zatomus sarcophagus Kuhn p. 59
1970Zatomus sarcophagus Steel p. 26

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
familyTeratosauridae
genusZatomus
speciessarcophagus

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.

Zatomus sarcophagus Cope 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available