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Merkurosaurus ornatus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Merkurosaurus ornatus was named by Klembara (2008). Its type specimen is [Nat. Mus. Prague] Pb 02045, a partial skull (an isolated parietal bone), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Merkur-North, which is in an Orleanian fluvial-lacustrine marl/coal in the Most Formation of the Czech Republic. It is the type species of Merkurosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Merkurosaurus ornatus Klembara p. 82 figs. 1-9
2015Merkurosaurus ornatus Cernansky et al. p. 112

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
genusMerkurosaurus
speciesornatus

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.

Merkurosaurus ornatus Klembara 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Klembara 2008A lizard of small adult size (as Recent Shinisaurus). Unique features are: (1) nasal process of premaxilla long, slender, with bilaterally constricted shaft and widened dorsal portion; dorsal portion terminates in three distinct processes of which the median one is the longest and most pointed; and (2) ornamented surface of parietal subdivided into five mounds on both right and left sides, with one mound around posterior and lateral margins of parietal foramen.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 2 to the top of the Orleanian or 22.40000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Merkurosaurus ornatus (167464)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Czech Republic (Ústí nad Labem) Merkurosaurus ornatus (type locality: 48173)