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Cosesaurus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Cosesaurus was named by Ellenberger and Villalta (1974). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Prolacertiformes by Benton (1985); and to Prolacertidae by Sanz and López-Martínez (1984) and Carroll (1988).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Cosesaurus Ellenberger and Villalta
1984Cosesaurus Sanz and López-Martínez p. 752
1985Cosesaurus Benton p. 154
1988Cosesaurus Carroll

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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()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Prolacertiformes(Camp 1945)
genusCosesaurusEllenberger and Villalta 1974

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. †Cosesaurus Ellenberger and Villalta 1974
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Cosesaurus aviceps Ellenberger and Villalta 1974
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Spain (Tarragona) C. aviceps (109710)