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Basileosaurus

Reptilia - Sclerosauridae

Taxonomy
Basileosaurus was named by Wiedersheim (1879). It is not extant. Its type is Basileosaurus freyi.

It was assigned to Sclerosauridae by Kuhn (1971) and Carroll (1988).

Species
B. freyi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Basileosaurus Wiedersheim
1971Basileosaurus Kuhn p. 9
1988Basileosaurus Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
—Procolophonomorpha()
familySclerosauridaeNopsca 1923
genusBasileosaurusWiedersheim 1879

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. †Basileosaurus Wiedersheim 1879
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†Basileosaurus freyi Wiedersheim 1879
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 Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Switzerland (Basel-Stadt) B. freyi (85940)