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Pedeticosaurus leviseuri

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Pedeticosaurus leviseuri was named by Van Hoepen (1915). Its type specimen is NMQS 606 (= C 116), a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rosendal quarry, which is in a Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Clarens Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Pedeticosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Pedeticosaurus leviseuri Van Hoepen p. 86 figs. Pl. 13-14
1922Pedeticossaurus leviseuri Huene p. 22
1967Pedeticosaurus leviseuri Charig p. 709
2013Pedeticosaurus leviseuri Irmis 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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
genusPedeticosaurusVan Hoepen 1915
speciesleviseuriVan Hoepen 1915

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.

†Pedeticosaurus leviseuri Van Hoepen 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8South Africa (Free State) Pedeticosaurus leviseuri (type locality: 36851)