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Ascendonanus nestleri

Varanopidae

Taxonomy
Ascendonanus nestleri was named by Spindler et al. (2018). Its type specimen is MNC-TA0924, a skeleton (Articulated skeleton and integument), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Chemnitz petrified forest (Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf), which is in a Sakmarian/Artinskian dry floodplain tuff in the Leukersdorf Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Ascendonanus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Ascendonanus nestleri Spindler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
familyVaranopidae()
genusAscendonanus
speciesnestleri

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.

Ascendonanus nestleri Spindler et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Artinskian or 293.52000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 279.3Germany Ascendonanus nestleri (type locality: 153497)