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Tricuspisaurus thomasi

Reptilia - Trilophosauridae

Taxonomy
Tricuspisaurus thomasi was named by Robinson (1957). Its type specimen is BMNH R6106, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ruthin Quarry, which is in a Rhaetian fissure fill limestone/sandstone in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Tricuspisaurus thomasi Robinson p. 291
2020Tricuspisaurus thomasi Skinner et al.

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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)
familyTrilophosauridaeGregory 1945
genusTricuspisaurus
speciesthomasi

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.

†Tricuspisaurus thomasi Robinson 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available