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Labidosaurikos meachami

Reptilia - Captorhinidae

Taxonomy
Labidosaurikos meachami was named by Stovall (1950). Its type specimen is OMNH 04331, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 1.5 miles northeast of Crescent, which is in a Kungurian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Hennessey Formation of Oklahoma. It is the type species of Labidosaurikos.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Labidosaurikos meachami Stovall p. 46 figs. Pl. 1
1954Labidosaurikos barkeri Olson p. 213 fig. 85
1959Labidosaurikos meachami Seltin p. 465
1995Labidosaurikos barkeri Dodick and Modesto p. 689
1995Labidosaurikos meachami Dodick and Modesto p. 689 figs. 1-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
familyCaptorhinidae
genusLabidosaurikos
speciesmeachami

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.

Labidosaurikos meachami Stovall 1950
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Invalid names: Labidosaurikos barkeri Olson 1954 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. W. Stovall 1950larger than Labidosaurus; one round, large premaxillary and anterior dentary tooth; a battery (six rows) of remarkably uniform maxillary and dentary teeth; small nares; tabular and dermosupraoccipital posterior to parietal, and extending on top of skull; ratio of orbit to skull length smaller than in L. hamatus.
E. C. Olson 1954 (Labidosaurikos barkeri)Lower jaw with four even rows of bulbous, semi-conical teeth. Maxillary dentition consisting of five regular rows of evenly spaced teeth and forming attenuated, roughly triangular plate with the apex anterior.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticf
Composition 2: "sclero-protein"f
Architecture: compact or densef
Folds: minorf
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Ontogeny: addition of partsf
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalf
Dispersal 2: mobilef
Created: 2008-12-08 12:39:08
Modified: 2010-03-18 09:56:09
Source: f = family
Reference: Kissel et al. 2002

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Leonard290.1 - 268.0USA (Texas) Labidosaurikos barkeri (79601)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Oklahoma) Labidosaurikos meachami (type locality: 79602)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Labidosaurikos barkeri (27705 85125 85555 85556 177003 177019 178738) Labidosaurikos meachami (67735)