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Rechnisaurus cristarhynchus

Anomodontia - Kannemeyeriidae

Taxonomy
Rechnisaurus cristarhynchus was named by Chowdhury (1970). Its type specimen is ISI R37, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rechni, which is in an Anisian terrestrial claystone in the Yerrapalli Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Rechnisaurus cristarhynchus Chowdhury
1989Rechnisaurus cristarhynchus Bandyopadhyay
1991Rechnisaurus cristarhynchus Cox p. 768

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
familyKannemeyeriidaeHuene 1948
genusRechnisaurus
speciescristarhynchus

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.

†Rechnisaurus cristarhynchus Chowdhury 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Rechnisaurus cristarhynchus (type locality: 105238)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Tanzania (Ruvuma) Rechnisaurus cristarhynchus (143452)