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Amanzia greppini

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ornithopsis greppini was named by Huene (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Basse Montagne Quarry, Moutier, which is in a Kimmeridgian lacustrine - small marl in the Reuchenette Formation of Switzerland.

It was recombined as Cetiosauriscus greppini by Kuhn (1939), Charig (1980), McIntosh (1990), Meyer (1990), Meyer and Thüring (2003), Marty and Billon-Bruyat (2009), Marty et al. (2018) and Holwerda et al. (2019); it was recombined as Cetiosaurus greppini by Steel (1970); it was considered a nomen dubium by Upchurch et al. (2004), Schwarz et al. (2007), Marty et al. (2010) and Mannion et al. (2012); it was recombined as Amanzia greppini by Schwarz et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Ornithopsis greppini Huene p. 89
1939Cetiosauriscus greppini Kuhn p. 85
1970Cetiosaurus greppini Steel p. 64
1980Cetiosauriscus greppini Charig
1990Cetiosauriscus greppini McIntosh p. 350
1990Cetiosauriscus greppini Meyer p. 395
2003Cetiosauriscus greppini Meyer and Thüring p. 108
2009Cetiosauriscus greppini Marty and Billon-Bruyat p. 106
2018Cetiosauriscus greppini Marty et al. p. 928
2019Cetiosauriscus greppini Holwerda et al. p. 2
2020Amanzia greppini Schwarz 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
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
genusAmanzia
speciesgreppini()

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.

Amanzia greppini Huene 1922
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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: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Bern) Ornithopsis greppini, Sauropoda indet. (type locality: 49653)