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Pholidosaurus meyeri

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Macrorhynchus meyeri was named by Dunker (1843). It is a mold. Its type locality is Harrl quarry, Bückeburg, which is in a Berriasian terrestrial sandstone in the Bückeberg Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Pholidosaurus meyeri by Lydekker (1887).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Macrorhynchus meyeri Dunker
1887Pholidosaurus meyeri Lydekker

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
—Coelognathosuchia()
—Tethysuchia()
—Pholidosauridae()
genusPholidosaurus
speciesmeyeri(Dunker 1843)

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.

†Pholidosaurus meyeri Dunker 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Macrorhynchus meyeri (type locality: 69694)