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Dactylosaurus

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae

Taxonomy
Dactylosaurus was named by Gürich (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis Sepkoski's reference number: 746,1044].

It was assigned to Nothosauria by Gürich (1884); to Pachypleurosaurinae by Nopsca (1928); to Pachypleuridae by Carroll (1988); to Pachypleurosauria by Storrs (1991); to Pachypleurosauridae by Kuhn (1971), Rieppel and Lin (1995) and Rieppel (2000); and to Notosauria by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Dactylosaurus Gürich p. 125
1928Dactylosaurus Nopsca p. 43
1971Dactylosaurus Kuhn p. 17
1988Dactylosaurus Carroll
1991Dactylosaurus Storrs p. 134
1995Dactylosaurus Rieppel and Lin p. 10
2000Dactylosaurus Rieppel
2002Dactylosaurus 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)
genusDactylosaurus

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. †Dactylosaurus Gürich 1884
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Dactylosaurus gracilis Gürich 1884
Dactylosaurus schroederi Nopsca 1928
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988

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) D. gracilis (96875)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland (Opolskie) D. gracilis (96435)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland (Silesia) D. gracilis (195571)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Poland D. schroederi (34729)