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Trilophosaurus buettneri

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Trilophosaurus buettneri was named by Case (1928). Its type specimen is UMMP 2338, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Walker's Tank, TMM 41966, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Tecovas Formation of Texas.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Trilophosaurus buettneri Case
1930Trilophosaurus buettneri Hay p. 36
1986Malerisaurus langstoni Chatterjee p. 298 figs. 2-8
1989Trilophosaurus buettneri Murry p. 274
2005Trilophosaurus buettneri Irmis p. 70
2006Trilophosaurus buettneri Heckert et al.
2007Trilophosaurus buettneri Spielmann et al.
2008Trilophosaurus buettneri Spielmann et al. p. 11
2016Trilophosaurus buettneri Ezcurra

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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
—Allokotosauria
genusTrilophosaurus
speciesbuettneri

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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Invalid names: Malerisaurus langstoni Chatterjee 1986 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 21:10:37
Modified: 2009-01-03 23:10:37
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

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

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Texas) Trilophosaurus sp. (84271)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Malerisaurus langstoni (22704) Trilophosaurus buettneri, Malerisaurus langstoni, Trilophosaurus sp. (12942) Trilophosaurus sp. (22706 22707)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Protorosauria indet. (13273) Trilophosaurus buettneri (84269 type locality: 94493 218126) Trilophosaurus crosbyensis (48424) Trilophosaurus sp. (13266)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Trilophosaurus buettneri (48547)