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Astrophocaudia slaughteri

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Astrophocaudia slaughteri was named by D'Emic (2013). Its type specimen is SMU 61732 and 203/73655, a partial skeleton (Tooth, two cervical vertebrae, fragments of dorsal vertebrae, 24 caudal vertebrae, approximately 20 fragmentary dorsal ribs, two chevrons, a distal scapular bla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Walnut Creek B local fauna, which is in an Albian terrestrial sandstone in the Paluxy Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Astrophocaudia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Astrophocaudia slaughteri D'Emic
2015Astrophocaudia slaughteri Adams p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Titanosauriformes
Somphospondyli
genusAstrophocaudia
speciesslaughteri

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. D. D'Emic 2013Anterior-middle caudal vertebrae with planar hyposphene–hypantrum articulations set off from zygapophyses; anterior-middle caudal vertebrae with prespinal lamina contacting intraprezygapophyseal lamina.