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Alwalkeria maleriensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Walkeria maleriensis was named by Chatterjee (1987). It is not extant. Its type specimen is ISI R.306. Its type locality is Nennal (ISI), which is in a Carnian fluvial mudstone in the Lower Maleri Formation of India.

It was recombined as Alwalkeria maleriensis by Chatterjee and Creisler (1994), Loyal et al. (1996), Novas (1997), Bandyopadhyay (1999), Rauhut (2003), Langer (2004), Bandyopadhyay and Sengupta (2006), Martínez and Alcober (2009), Langer et al. (2010), Novas et al. (2011), Marzola and Dalla Vecchia (2014), Rakshit et al. (2018) and Khosla and Bajpai (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Walkeria maleriensis Chatterjee p. 142 figs. 2-4
1988Walkeria maleriensis Paul pp. 250-251
1989Walkeria maleriensis Jain p. 101
1990Walkeria maleriensis Jain p. 75
1994Alwalkeria maleriensis Chatterjee and Creisler p. 142
1996Alwalkeria maleriensis Loyal et al. p. 627
1997Alwalkeria maleriensis Novas p. 304
1997Walkeria maleriensis Sahni p. 362
1999Alwalkeria maleriensis Bandyopadhyay p. 311
2001Walkeria maleriensis Mohabey p. 481
2003Alwalkeria maleriensis Rauhut p. 17
2004Alwalkeria maleriensis Langer p. 27
2006Alwalkeria maleriensis Bandyopadhyay and Sengupta p. 79
2009Alwalkeria maleriensis Martínez and Alcober p. 1
2010Alwalkeria maleriensis Langer et al. p. 68
2011Walkeria maleriensis Mohabey p. 131
2011Alwalkeria maleriensis Novas et al. p. 335
2014Alwalkeria maleriensis Marzola and Dalla Vecchia p. 13
2018Alwalkeria maleriensis Rakshit et al. p. 179
2021Alwalkeria maleriensis Khosla and Bajpai p. 195

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
genusAlwalkeria
speciesmaleriensis()

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.

Alwalkeria maleriensis Chatterjee 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Entire body: yesg
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2005-08-24 13:26:36
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:26:36
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Peczkis 1995, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Walkeria maleriensis (type locality: 57059)