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Campylognathoides zitteli

Reptilia - Campylognathoididae

Taxonomy
Campylognathus zitteli was named by Plieninger (1894). Its type specimen is SMNS 9787, a partial skeleton (Skull and partial postcranium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is near Hauff Quarry XXVIII, Holzmaden, which is in a Toarcian marine shale in the Posidonia Shale Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Campylognathoides zitteli by Unwin (2003), Padian (2008) and Andres et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Campylognathus zitteli Plieninger
1898Campylognathus zitteli Spangenberg p. 405
2003Campylognathoides zitteli Unwin p. 144
2008Campylognathoides zitteli Padian
2014Campylognathoides zitteli Andres et al.

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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()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
—Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
familyCampylognathoididae
genusCampylognathoidesStrand 1928
specieszitteli(Plieninger 1894)

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.

†Campylognathoides zitteli Plieninger 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available