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Apsisaurus witteri
Taxonomy
Apsisaurus witteri was named by Laurin (1991). Its type specimen is MCZ 1474, a partial skeleton (partial skull, partial vertebral column, and partial fore and hindlimb), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Archer City Bonebed 1 (Putnam Fm.), which is in a Wolfcampian terrestrial horizon in the Archer City Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Apsisaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1991 | Apsisaurus witteri Laurin p. 60 figs. 1-10 |
| 2010 | Apsisaurus witteri Reisz et al. |
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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.
†Apsisaurus witteri Laurin 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Wolfcampian or 298.90000 to 286.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wolfcampian | USA (Texas) | Apsisaurus witteri (type locality: 79162) |