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Litakis gilmorei

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Litakis gilmorei was named by Estes (1964). Its type specimen is UCMP 47815, a mandible (fragment of dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lull 2 Quarry (UCMP V-5620), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lance Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Litakis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Litakis gilmorei Estes pp. 137-138 fig. 67
1983Litakis gilmorei Estes p. 20 fig. 4
2012Litakis gilmorei Longrich et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
infraorderPlatynotaBaur 1890
genusLitakis
speciesgilmorei

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.

†Litakis gilmorei Estes 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Litakis gilmorei (14421)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Litakis gilmorei (14519)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Litakis gilmorei (type locality: 14585)