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Arminisaurus schuberti

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae

Taxonomy
Arminisaurus schuberti was named by Sachs and Kear (2017). Its type specimen is NAMU ES/jl 36052, a partial skeleton (Incomplete skeleton comprising the posterior section of the right mandibular ramus with the surangular, angular, prearticular and articular. Eight isolated teet), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bielefeld, type locality of Arminisaurus schuberti, which is in a Pliensbachian marine claystone in the Amaltheenton Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Arminisaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Arminisaurus schuberti Sachs and Kear p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPliosauroideaWelles 1943
familyPliosauridaeSeeley 1874
genusArminisaurus
speciesschuberti

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.

†Arminisaurus schuberti Sachs and Kear 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: nektonicsuperf
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Reproduction: viviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalsuperf
Created: 2005-11-07 12:13:24
Modified: 2009-07-25 10:49:01
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hampe 2005

Age range: Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Arminisaurus schuberti (type locality: 188883)