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Tanystropheus hydroides

Reptilia - Tanystropheidae

Taxonomy
Tanystropheus hydroides was named by Spiekman et al. (2020). It is not extant. Its type specimen is PIMUZ T 2790, a skeleton (a semi-articulated specimen consisting of a virtually complete yet strongly compressed skull and the first eight cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Monte San Giorgio general, which is in an Anisian/Ladinian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. posthumus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Tanystropheus hydroides Spiekman 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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
familyTanystropheidaeGervais 1859
genusTanystropheusvon Meyer 1852
specieshydroides

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.

†Tanystropheus hydroides Spiekman et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: piscivoreg
Created: 2011-03-27 21:49:13
Modified: 2011-03-27 05:49:13
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Renesto 2005

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Ladinian or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Switzerland (Kanton Tessin) Tanystropheus hydroides (type locality: 220431)