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Ornithosuchus woodwardi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ornithosuchus woodwardi was named by Newton (1894). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NHMUK PV R2409–2410, a skeleton. Its type locality is Spynie main quarry (quarry 3), near Elgin, which is in a Carnian/Norian dune sandstone in the Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ornithosuchus longidens by Walker (1964).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Ornithosuchus woodwardi Newton
1913Ornithosuchus woodwardi Broom p. 624
1913Ornithosuchus taylori Broom p. 625
1922Ornithosuchus taylori Huene p. 22
1922Ornithosuchus woodwardi Huene p. 22
1971Ornithosuchus taylori Brodkorb p. 24
1971Ornithosuchus woodwardi Brodkorb p. 24
2016Ornithosuchus woodwardi von Baczko and Ezcurra

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Ornithosuchidae(Huene 1908)
genusOrnithosuchusNewton 1894
specieswoodwardi

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.

†Ornithosuchus woodwardi Newton 1894
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Invalid names: Ornithosuchus taylori Broom 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 21:15:02
Modified: 2009-01-03 23:15:02
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Ornithosuchus taylori (57948) Ornithosuchus woodwardi (type locality: 89008)