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Emausaurus ernsti

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Emausaurus ernsti was named by Haubold (1990). Its type specimen is SGWG 85, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grimmen clay pit, Lehmahagen, which is in a Toarcian marine claystone in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Emausaurus ernsti Haubold
1991Emausaurus ernsti Haubold p. 50
1994Emausaurus ernsti Molnar and Wiffen p. 696
1997Emausaurus ernsti Buffetaut p. 213
1997Emausaurus ernsti Vickaryous and Ryan p. 490
2000Emausaurus ernsti Haubold p. 13
2004Emausaurus ernsti Norman et al. p. 337
2008Emausaurus ernsti Butler et al. p. 9
2010Emausaurus ernsti Langer et al. p. 86
2012Emausaurus ernsti Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14
2014Emausaurus ernsti Ulansky p. 4
2018Emausaurus ernsti Delsate et al. p. 22
2019Emausaurus ernsti Galton p. 211 fig. 4
2021Emausaurus ernsti Breeden et al. p. 9

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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
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Thyreophora()
genusEmausaurus
speciesernsti

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.

Emausaurus ernsti Haubold 1990
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. J. Butler et al. 2008A large, triangular plate-like palpebral, the robust lateral margin of which bears a number of low ridges.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-08-25 06:10:36
Modified: 2005-08-25 08:10:36
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: Toarcian or 182.70000 to 174.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Emausaurus ernsti (type locality: 24862)