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Skybalonyx skapter

Reptilia - Drepanosauridae

Taxonomy
Skybalonyx skapter was named by Jenkins et al. (2021). Its type specimen is PEFO 43703, a claw, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Thunderstorm Ridge (PFV 456), which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Skybalonyx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Skybalonyx skapter Jenkins et al.

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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
genusSkybalonyx
speciesskapter

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.

†Skybalonyx skapter Jenkins et al. 2021
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Skybalonyx skapter (type locality: 215309)