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Tasmaniosaurus triassicus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Tasmaniosaurus triassicus was named by Camp and Banks (1978). Its type specimen is UTGD 54655, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Crisp & Gunns Quarry, Head of Arthur Street, which is in an Induan lacustrine - small shale/siltstone in the Knocklofty Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Tasmaniosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Tasmaniosaurus triassicus Camp and Banks p. 149
1986Tasmaniosaurus triassicus Thulborn p. 123
2016Tasmaniosaurus triassicus Ezcurra
2023Tasmaniosaurus triassicus Poropat et al. p. 155

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
genusTasmaniosaurus
speciestriassicus

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.

†Tasmaniosaurus triassicus Camp and Banks 1978
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. L. Camp and M. R. Banks 1978Proterosuchian with long slightly curved premaxilla, postfrontal, no parietal foramen, broad parietals, quadrate (to judge from quadratojugal) vertical; palatal teeth on pterygoid and ?ectopterygoid; maxillary and mandibular teeth strongly thecodont; vacuity at posterior end of dentary; vertebrae shallowly amphicoelous; cervical ribs long and doubleheaded; long hind limbs and hind feet; no bony dermal scutes.
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: Induan or 252.17000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2Australia (Tasmania) Tasmaniosaurus triassicus (type locality: 117149)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Australia (Queensland) Tasmaniosaurus triassicus (94541)