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Concavispina biseridens

Reptilia - Thalattosauria - Thalattosauridae

Taxonomy
Concavispina biseridens was named by Zhao et al. (2013). Its type specimen is ZMNH M8804, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xinpu Thalattosaur Locality, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in the Xiaowa Formation of China. It is the type species of Concavispina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Concavispina biseridens Liu et al.
2013Concavispina biseridens Zhao et al. p. 25 figs. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Thalattosauriformes
orderThalattosauria
superfamilyThalattosauroideaNopcsa 1928
familyThalattosauridaeMerriam 1904
genusConcavispina
speciesbiseridens

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.

Concavispina biseridens Zhao et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Guizhou) Concavispina biseridens (type locality: 97906)