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Vallesaurus zorzinensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Vallesaurus zorzinensis was named by Renesto et al. (2010). Its type specimen is MCSNB 4783, a set of postcrania (Vertebrae and hindlimbs), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Cene, Seriana Valley, which is in an Alaunian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Zorzino Limestone Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Vallesaurus zorzinensis Renesto et al. p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Drepanosauromorpha
—Elyurosauria
genusVallesaurus
specieszorzinensis

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.

†Vallesaurus zorzinensis Renesto et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Italy (Lombardia) Vallesaurus zorzinensis (type locality: 59639)