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Dorsetisaurus purbeckensis

Reptilia - Dorsetisauridae

Taxonomy
Dorsetisaurus purbeckensis was named by Hoffstetter (1967). Its type specimen is BMNH R8129, a partial skeleton (association of occipito-otic capsule, maxillae, pterygoids, palatines, premaxillae, prefrontal, nasal, frontal and parietal imprints, columella,partial mandible), 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 Dorsetisaurus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Dorsetisaurus purbeckensis Hoffstetter pp. 363-368 figs. 9-11
1975Introrsisaurus pollicidens Seiffert p. 38 figs. 30-31
1983Dorsetisaurus purbeckensis Estes pp. 132-133 figs. 32e-f

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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
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyDorsetisauridaeHoffstetter 1967
genusDorsetisaurus
speciespurbeckensis

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.

†Dorsetisaurus purbeckensis Hoffstetter 1967
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Invalid names: Introrsisaurus pollicidens Seiffert 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available