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Elorhynchus carrolli

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Elorhynchus carrolli was named by Ezcurra et al. (2020). Its type specimen is CRILAR-Pv 496, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Campo de Córdoba Norte, which is in a Ladinian/Carnian coarse channel fill sandstone in the Chañares Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Elorhynchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Elorhynchus carrolli Ezcurra et al. figs. 3-6

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—Rhynchosauria()
—Rhynchosauridae()
subfamilyStenaulorhynchinaeKuhn 1933
genusElorhynchus
speciescarrolli

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.

†Elorhynchus carrolli Ezcurra et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:37:19
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:37:19
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Carnian or 242.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Argentina (Rioja) Elorhynchus carrolli (type locality: 218114)