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Dearcmhara shawcrossi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Dearcmhara shawcrossi was named by Brusatte et al. (2015). Its type specimen is GLAHM 152378/1–4., a partial skeleton (An associated distal humerus (GLAHM 152378/1) and three vertebrae (GLAHM 152378/2–4), including one anterior dorsal centrum (GLAHM 152378/3) and two anterior ca), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bearreraig Bay, which is in a Toarcian/Bajocian marine sandstone in the Bearreraig Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Dearcmhara.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Dearcmhara shawcrossi Brusatte et al. figs. 5, 7

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Parvipelvia
—NeoichthyosauriaSander 2000
genusDearcmhara
speciesshawcrossi

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.

†Dearcmhara shawcrossi Brusatte et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 182.70000 to 168.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian - Early/Lower Bajocian182.7 - 168.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Dearcmhara shawcrossi (type locality: 165073)