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Dyoplax arenaceus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Dyoplax arenaceus was named by Fraas (1867). Its type specimen is SMNS 4760, a skeleton, and it is a cast. Its type locality is Sonnenberg, which is in a Carnian lacustrine horizon in the Weser Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Dyoplax.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Dyoplax arenaceus Fraas
1922Dyoplax arenaceus Huene p. 22
1971Dyoplax arenaceus Kuhn p. 13
1998Dyoplax arenaceus Lucas et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
genusDyoplaxFraas 1867
speciesarenaceusFraas 1867

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.

†Dyoplax arenaceus Fraas 1867
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dyoplax arenaceus (type locality: 106462)