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Erpetonyx arsenaultorum

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Erpetonyx arsenaultorum was named by Modesto et al. (2015). Its type specimen is ROM 55402, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Egmont, which is in a Gzhelian terrestrial sandstone in the Egmont Bay Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Erpetonyx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Erpetonyx arsenaultorum Modesto et al. p. 3 figs. 1-2

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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
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
—Bolosauria(Kuhn 1959)
genusErpetonyx
speciesarsenaultorum

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.

†Erpetonyx arsenaultorum Modesto et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Canada (Prince Edward Island) Erpetonyx arsenaultorum (type locality: 171344)