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Cardiodon rugulosus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Cardiodon rugulosus was named by Owen (1844). Its type specimen is (lost), a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire (BMNH), which is in a Bathonian terrestrial horizon in the Forest Marble Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Cardiodon.

It was recombined as Cetiosaurus rugulosus by Steel (1970); it was considered a nomen dubium by McIntosh (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Cardiodon rugulosus Owen
1890Cardiodon rugulosus Woodward and Sherborn p. 213
1900Cardiodon rugulosus Sauvage p. 504
1903Cardiodon rugulosus Bush p. 97
1939Cardiodon rugulosus Kuhn p. 85
1970Cetiosaurus rugulosus Steel p. 64
1982Cardiodon rugulosus Delair p. 155–156
2004Cardiodon rugulosus Upchurch et al. p. 261
2006Cardiodon rugulosus Barrett p. 26
2007Cardiodon rugulosus Naish and Martill p. 497

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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()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
genusCardiodon
speciesrugulosusOwen 1844

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.

†Cardiodon rugulosus Owen 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Cardiodon sp. (type locality: 77061)