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Tetrapodosauridae

Osteichthyes - Tetrapodosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Tetrapodosauridae Sternberg p. 73
1963Tetrapodosauridae Kuhn p. 106
1966Tetrapodosauridae Kuhn p. 104
1971Tetrapodosauridae Haubold p. 88
2004Tetrapodosauridae Gangloff et al. p. 307

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
familyTetrapodosauridae
familyTetrapodosauridae

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.

Fm. †Tetrapodosauridae Sternberg 1932
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G. †Tetrapodosaurus Sternberg 1932
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Tetrapodosaurus borealis Sternberg 1932
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 170.90000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Mexico (Oaxaca) Tetrapodosaurus sp. (224056)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Canada (Alberta) Tetrapodosaurus sp. (214467)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Canada (British Columbia) Ankylosauria indet. (214464)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2USA (Virginia) Tetrapodosaurus borealis (69260 97942 182635)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Tetrapodosaurus borealis (214470 214471)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5USA (Utah) Tetrapodosaurus sp. (201626)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (Alberta) Tetrapodosaurus borealis (52876 52877 52878 52879 52880 52881 52882 52883 52884 52885 52886 227217) Tetrapodosaurus sp. (214466)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Tetrapodosaurus borealis (46151 214473 214475)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Canada (Alberta) Tetrapodosaurus borealis (52371) Tetrapodosaurus sp. (52369 52370 52372 52373 52374)
Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian110.1 - 93.9Canada (Yukon) Tetrapodosaurus borealis (67838)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Tetrapodosaurus sp. (214487)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Canada (Alberta) Tetrapodosaurus sp. (214472)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Alaska) Ankylosauria indet. (52351)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) Tetrapodosaurus borealis (214488) Tetrapodosaurus sp. (52637 52638 214297)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) Tetrapodosaurus sp. (214491)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) Tetrapodosaurus borealis (214481)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) Tetrapodosaurus sp. (242316)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Ankylosauria indet. (143250 150276) Tetrapodosaurus sp. (165440 194617)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) Tetrapodosaurus sp. (230111)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Canada (Alberta) Tetrapodosaurus borealis (182650)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Canada (British Columbia) Ankylosauria indet. (214462)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Tetrapodosaurus sp. (222354)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Alaska) Tetrapodosaurus sp. (44848)