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Bentonyx sidensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Bentonyx sidensis was named by Langer et al. (2010). Its type specimen is BRSUG 27200, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pennington Point, 20 m east River Sid outfall, Fodonyx skull, which is in an Anisian fluvial sandstone in the Otter Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Bentonyx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Bentonyx sidensis Langer et al. p. 1884

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
Rhynchosauria()
Rhynchosauridae()
genusBentonyx
speciessidensis

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.

Bentonyx sidensis Langer et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:37:19
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:37:19
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0United Kingdom (England) Rhynchosaurus spenceri (type locality: 88974)