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Rhynchosauroides hyperbates

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Rhynchosauroides hyperbates was named by Baird (1957). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is ANSP 15210, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Smith Clark's quarry, Milford (level B), which is in a Norian terrestrial shale/sandstone in the Passaic Formation of New Jersey.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. brunswicki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Rhynchosauroides hyperbates Baird p. 494 figs. 9A, 10
1963Rhynchosauroides hyperbates Kuhn p. 61
1966Rhynchosauroides hyperbates Demathieu p. 484
1986Rhynchosauroides hyperbates Olsen and Baird p. 21
2000Rhynchosauroides hyperbates Avanzini p. 249
2011Rhynchosauroides hyperbates Klein et al. p. 226
2021Rhynchosauroides hyperbates Klein and Lucas p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
genusRhynchosauroidesMaidwell 1911
specieshyperbates

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. Baird 1957Manus broad with little disparity in digit lengths; gait digitigrade with hallux non-functional and proximal ends of proximal phalanges normally carried clear of the ground. The specific name alludes to the overstepping of manus by pes.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
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 - 208.5USA (New York) Rhynchosauroides hyperbates (57917)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Pennsylvania) Rhynchosauroides hyperbates (55415 84116)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Jersey) Rhynchosauroides hyperbates (type locality: 46622)