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Drepanosaurus

Reptilia - Drepanosauridae

Taxonomy
Drepanosaurus was named by Pinna (1980). It is not extant. Its type is Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus.

It was assigned to Drepanosauridae by Carroll (1988) and Senter (2004); and to Megalancosaurinae by Renesto et al. (2010).

Species
D. unguicaudatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Drepanosaurus Pinna
1988Drepanosaurus Carroll
2004Drepanosaurus Senter p. 260
2010Drepanosaurus Renesto et al. p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Drepanosauromorpha
familyDrepanosauridae
Megalancosaurinae
genusDrepanosaurusPinna 1980

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. †Drepanosaurus Pinna 1980
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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: base of the Alaunian to the top of the Rhaetian or 215.56000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Mexico) D. unguicaudatus (74202)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) D. unguicaudatus (83370)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Italy (Lombardia) D. unguicaudatus (36377)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (New Mexico) Drepanosauridae indet. (48422)