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Avicranium

Reptilia - Drepanosauridae

Taxonomy
Avicranium was named by Pritchard and Nesbitt (2017). It is not extant. Its type is Avicranium renestoi.

It was assigned to Drepanosauridae by Pritchard and Nesbitt (2017).

Species
A. renestoi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Avicranium Pritchard and Nesbitt

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Drepanosauromorpha
familyDrepanosauridae
genusAvicranium

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. †Avicranium Pritchard and Nesbitt 2017
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Avicranium renestoi Pritchard and Nesbitt 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Rhaetian or 208.50000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (New Mexico) A. renestoi (48422)