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Tappenosaurus

Tappenosauridae

Taxonomy
Tappenosaurus was named by Olson and Beerbower (1953). It is not extant. Its type is Tappenosaurus magnus. It is the type genus of Tappenosauridae.

It was assigned to Tappenosauridae by Olson and Beerbower (1953) and Olson (1962).

Species
T. magnus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Tappenosaurus Olson and Beerbower p. 409 fig. 8
1962Tappenosaurus Olson pp. 74, 89

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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
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
SphenacomorphaIvakhnenko 2003
suborderSphenacodontia
familyTappenosauridae
genusTappenosaurus

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.

G. †Tappenosaurus Olson and Beerbower 1953
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Tappenosaurus magnus Olson and Beerbower 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian - Roadian279.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) T. magnus (79600 80729 85171)