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Tappenosaurus magnus

Osteichthyes - Tappenosauridae

Taxonomy
Tappenosaurus magnus was named by Olson and Beerbower (1953). Its type specimen is CNHM (FMNH) UR 143, a partial skull (part of occipital-sphenoid-otic complex and side wall of skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality KN (San Angelo Fm.), which is in a Kungurian/Roadian terrestrial shale/conglomerate in the San Angelo Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Tappenosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Tappenosaurus magnus Olson and Beerbower p. 412 fig. 8
1962Tappenosaurus magnus Olson pp. 74, 89 figs. 12, 14-16; Pl. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
SphenacomorphaIvakhnenko 2003
suborderSphenacodontia
familyTappenosauridae
genusTappenosaurus
speciesmagnus

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.

Tappenosaurus magnus Olson and Beerbower 1953
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Diagnosis
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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, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian - Roadian283.3 - 266.9USA (Texas) Tappenosaurus magnus (79600 type locality: 80729 85171)