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Mesosaurus tenuidens

Mesosauridae

Taxonomy
Mesosaurus tenuidens was named by Gervais (1865). Its type specimen is MNHN 1865-77, a partial skeleton (anterior trunk and skull), and it is a mold.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Mesosaurus tenuidens Gervais
1869Mesosaurus tenuidens Gervais p. 223
1889Ditrochosaurus capensis Gürich p. 641 figs. pl. XXVII
1889Mesosaurus tenuidens Lydekker p. 300 fig. 85
1892Mesosaurus tenuidens Seeley p. 591 figs. 5 Pl. XVIII
1905Ditrochosaurus capensis Broom p. 103
1905Mesosaurus tenuidens Broom pp. 103, 106 figs. 1-5 Pl. IX
1908Mesosaurus capensis Broom p. 380
1908Mesosaurus tenuidens Broom p. 380
1908Mesosaurus brasiliensis Mac Gregor figs. in pls. I to IV and text-figs. 1 & 2
1914Mesosaurus capensis Stromer p. 531
1914Mesosaurus tenuidens Stromer p. 531
1928Mesosaurus tenuidens Perrier p. 3090
1987Mesosaurus tenuidens Oelofsen and Araujo p. 370
1999Mesosaurus tenuidens Rossmann and Maisch p. 72 figs. 1, 2
2000Mesosaurus tenuidens Rossmann p. 15 fig. 1
2002Mesosaurus tenuidens Rossmann p. 204 figs. 4, 5
2007Mesosaurus tenuidens Karl et al. pp. 68, 69 figs. 2-6
2010Mesosaurus tenuidens Modesto

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
familyMesosauridae
genusMesosaurus
speciestenuidens

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.

Mesosaurus tenuidens Gervais 1865
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Invalid names: Ditrochosaurus capensis Gürich 1889 [synonym], Mesosaurus brasiliensis Mac Gregor 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Ontogeny: addition of parts, modification of partsf
Environment: coastal, marine, brackishf
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: piscivoref
Dispersal: direct/internalf
Created: 2009-07-20 08:24:16
Modified: 2009-08-20 11:46:24
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Rossmann 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Brazil (Goiás) Mesosaurus tenuidens (89839)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3South Africa (Northern Cape) Ditrochosaurus capensis (89799) Mesosaurus tenuidens (90311 90312 90345)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Namibia (Erongo) Mesosaurus tenuidens (28468 28469 28470 28471)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Brazil (São Paulo) Mesosaurus brasiliensis (90215) Mesosaurus tenuidens (90193 90339)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Namibia (Karas) Mesosaurus tenuidens (90755)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Uruguay (Cerro Largo) Mesosaurus brasiliensis (90863 90865)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Brazil (Paraná) Mesosaurus brasiliensis (90341 90573) Mesosaurus tenuidens (90190 90344 90423) Mesosaurus tenuidens, Mesosaurus brasiliensis (90323)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Mesosaurus tenuidens (90191)