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Anarosaurus

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae

Taxonomy
Anarosaurus was named by Dames (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis Sepkoski's reference number: 746,1044].

It was assigned to Pachypleurosaurinae by Nopsca (1928); to Simosaurinae by Young (1965); to Pachypleuridae by Carroll (1988); to Pachypleurosauria by Storrs (1991); to Pachypleurosauroidea by Rieppel and Lin (1995); to Pachypleurosauridae by Kuhn (1966), Kuhn (1971) and Rieppel (2000); and to Notosauria by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Anarosaurus Dames
1928Anarosaurus Nopsca p. 43
1965Anarosaurus Young p. 354
1966Anarosaurus Kuhn p. 112
1971Anarosaurus Kuhn p. 18
1988Anarosaurus Carroll
1991Anarosaurus Storrs p. 134
1995Anarosaurus Rieppel and Lin p. 2
2000Anarosaurus Rieppel
2002Anarosaurus Sepkoski

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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
orderEosauropterygia
superfamilyPachypleurosauroidea
familyPachypleurosauridae(Nopcsa 1928)
genusAnarosaurusDames 1890

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.

G. †Anarosaurus Dames 1890
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Anarosaurus heterodontus Rieppel and Lin 1995
Anarosaurus pumilio Dames 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Netherlands (Gelderland) A. heterodontus (96875)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) A. heterodontus (138123) A. pumilio (195570)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Netherlands A. heterodontus (106538)