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Vaughnictis smithae

Eothyrididae

Taxonomy
Mycterosaurus smithae was named by Lewis and Vaughn (1965). Its type specimen is MCZ 2985, a partial skeleton (partial skull, vertebrae + ribs, partial femur, partial tibia), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Placerville Localities 11-13, which is in a Wolfcamp fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic/conglomerate in the Cutler Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Vaughnictis smithae by Brocklehurst et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Mycterosaurus smithae Lewis and Vaughn p. C34 fig. 13
1986Mycterosaurus smithae Reisz
2016Vaughnictis smithae Brocklehurst et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Caseasauria()
familyEothyrididae
genusVaughnictis
speciessmithae()

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.

Vaughnictis smithae Lewis and Vaughn 1965
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Diagnosis
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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: Wolfcamp or 296.40000 to 268.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wolfcamp296.4 - 268.0USA (Colorado) Mycterosaurus smithae (85478 type locality: 85480)