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Ammorhynchus navajoi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ammorhynchus navajoi was named by Nesbitt and Whatley (2004) [nearly complete left maxilla]. Its type specimen is MSM 02-153/P4585. Its type locality is MSM 02-153, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian terrestrial conglomerate in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Ammorhynchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Ammorhynchus navajoi Nesbitt and Whatley pp. 3-6 figs. 3, 4

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—Rhynchosauria()
—Rhynchosauridae()
subfamilyStenaulorhynchinaeKuhn 1933
genusAmmorhynchus
speciesnavajoi

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.

†Ammorhynchus navajoi Nesbitt and Whatley 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:37:19
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:37:19
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0USA (Arizona) Ammorhynchus navajoi (type locality: 49853 49854 49855 49856)