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Champsosaurus tenuis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Champsosaurus tenuis was named by Erickson (1981). Its type specimen is SMM P79.14.1, a partial skeleton (Partial skeleton with a nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Upper breaks of the Little Missouri River, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Bullion Creek Formation of North Dakota.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Champsosaurus tenuis Erickson
1998Champsosaurus tenuis Gao and Fox p. 336

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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()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Choristodera()
suborderNeochoristoderaEvans and Hecht 1993
genusChampsosaurus
speciestenuis

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.

†Champsosaurus tenuis Erickson 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticg
Diet: piscivoreg
Created: 2005-09-14 13:39:08
Modified: 2005-09-14 15:39:08
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bryant 1989

Age range: Tiffanian or 61.70000 to 56.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) Champsosaurus tenuis (type locality: 118170)