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Zarcasaurus tanyderus

Reptilia - Araeoscelidae

Taxonomy
Zarcasaurus tanyderus was named by Brinkman et al. (1984). Its type specimen is CM 41704, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Valley floor of east Camp Quarry, which is in a Wolfcamp fine channel fill siliciclastic in the Cutler Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Zarcasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Zarcasaurus tanyderus Brinkman et al. p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Araeoscelidia(Williston 1913)
familyAraeoscelidae
genusZarcasaurus
speciestanyderus

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.

Zarcasaurus tanyderus Brinkman et al. 1984
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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: Wolfcamp or 296.40000 to 268.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wolfcamp296.4 - 268.0USA (New Mexico) Zarcasaurus tanyderus (type locality: 171346)