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Aerosaurus

Varanopidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Aerosaurus Romer pp. 92-93
1981Aerosaurus Langston and Reisz p. 74
1986Aerosaurus Reisz
1988Aerosaurus Carroll
2001Aerosaurus Modesto et al. p. 256 fig. 7
2006Aerosaurus Maddin et al. p. 964
2018Aerosaurus Spindler et al.

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

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. †Aerosaurus Romer 1937
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Aerosaurus wellesi Langston and Reisz 1981
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Virgilian or 303.40000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.4 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) A. greenlorum, A. greenleeorum (34761)
Virgilian - Wolfcamp303.4 - 268.0USA (New Mexico) A. wellesi (77412)