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Sikannisuchus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Sikannisuchus was named by Nicholls et al. (1998). It is not extant. Its type is Sikannisuchus huskyi.

It was assigned to Archosauria by Nicholls et al. (1998); and to Archosauria by Nicholls and Manabe (2001).

Species
S. huskyi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Sikannisuchus Nicholls et al. p. 1134
2001Sikannisuchus Nicholls and Manabe

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
genusSikannisuchus

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.

G. †Sikannisuchus Nicholls et al. 1998
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Sikannisuchus huskyi Nicholls et al. 1998
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Canada (British Columbia) S. huskyi (107288 107289 107290 107291)