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Volkheimeria

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Volkheimeria Bonaparte
1981Volkheimeria Bonaparte p. 670
1986Volkheimeria Bonaparte p. 250
1988Volkheimeria Carroll
1990Volkheimeria McIntosh p. 55
1993Volkheimeria Bonaparte and Coria
1995Volkheimeria Upchurch p. 377
1998Volkheimeria Dong p. 84
1999Volkheimeria Bonaparte p. 136
2002Volkheimeria Wilson p. 249
2003Volkheimeria Upchurch and Martin p. 229
2004Volkheimeria Upchurch et al. p. 262
2005Volkheimeria Salgado and Coria p. 433
2013Volkheimeria Mannion et al.
2020Volkheimeria Rauhut et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Gravisauria
genusVolkheimeria

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. †Volkheimeria Bonaparte 1979
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Volkheimeria chubutensis Bonaparte 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Middle Toarcian or 182.00000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Argentina (Chubut) V. chubutensis (28534)