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Parasaurillus pseudobtusus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Parasaurillus pseudobtusus was named by Evans and Searle (2002). Its type specimen is BMNH R8135, a mandible (left mandble), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Parasaurillus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Parasaurillus pseudobtusus Evans and Searle p. 154 figs. 3c, 4g; Pl. 1:6

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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
classReptilia
—Squamata()
genusParasaurillus
speciespseudobtusus

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.

†Parasaurillus pseudobtusus Evans and Searle 2002
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Parasaurillus pseudobtusus (28401 28995)
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Parasaurillus pseudobtusus (52312) Saurillus obtusus (type locality: 72142)