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Homoeosaurus maximiliani

Reptilia - Homoeosauridae

Taxonomy
Homoeosaurus maximiliani was named by von Meyer (1847). Its type specimen is Meyer 1847 holotype (no number given; since lost). Neotype: IPHG no. AS I 565, a partial skeleton (Holotype and neotype both partial skeletons), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Compsognathus type, Kapfelberg (BSP), which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Painten Formation of Germany.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Homoeosaurus maximiliani von Meyer p. 254 figs. Plate 2
1853Homoeosaurus maximiliani Wagner p. 254 figs. Plate 2
1892Homoeosaurus jourdani Lortet p. 69
1914Homeosaurus jourdani Grier p. 89
1914Homeosaurus maximiliani Grier p. 89
1963Homoeosaurus maximiliani Cocude-Michel
1981Homoeosaurus maximiliani Fabre

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
—Sphenodontia()
infraorderEusphenodontia
—Neosphenodontia
familyHomoeosauridae()
genusHomoeosaurusMeyer 1850
speciesmaximilianivon Meyer 1847

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.

†Homoeosaurus maximiliani von Meyer 1847
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Invalid names: Homoeosaurus jourdani Lortet 1892 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) Homoeosaurus maximiliani (type locality: 57682)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Homoeosaurus maximiliani, Homoeosaurus jourdani (24426)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Homoeosaurus solnhofensis (35262)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Homoeosaurus maximiliani (105798 144679)