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Tanystropheus haasi

Reptilia - Tanystropheidae

Taxonomy
Tanystropheus haasi was named by Rieppel (2001). Its type specimen is HUJ-Pal. TR1, a set of vertebrae (Posterior end of eighth cervical vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wadi Ramon, Beneckeia beds, which is in a Pelsonian marine horizon in the Gevanim Formation of Israel.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Tanystropheus haasi Rieppel

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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()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
familyTanystropheidaeGervais 1859
genusTanystropheusvon Meyer 1852
specieshaasi

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.

Tanystropheus haasi Rieppel 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: piscivoreg
Created: 2011-03-27 21:49:13
Modified: 2011-03-27 05:49:13
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Renesto 2005

Age range: Pelsonian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Israel Tanystropheus haasi (type locality: 182566)