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Trilophosaurus jacobsi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Trilophosaurus jacobsi was named by Murry (1987). Its type specimen is MNA V3192, a mandible (Mandibular fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Placerias Quarry, UCMP A269, which is in a Norian wet floodplain mudstone/claystone in the Chinle Formation of Arizona.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Trilophosaurus jacobsi Murry p. 773–774
1989Trilophosaurus jacobsi Murry p. 274
2005Trilophosaurus jacobsi Irmis p. 70
2006Trilophosaurus jacobsi Heckert et al.
2006Trilophosaurus dornorum Mueller and Parker p. 121 figs. 3, 5B
2007Trilophosaurus jacobsi Spielmann et al.
2008Trilophosaurus jacobsi Spielmann et al. p. 11

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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
speciesjacobsi

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.

†Trilophosaurus jacobsi Murry 1987
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Invalid names: Trilophosaurus dornorum Mueller and Parker 2006 [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: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Trilophosaurus sp. (94492)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Mexico) Trilophosaurus jacobsi (55248)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Trilophosaurus dornorum (88329) Trilophosaurus jacobsi (type locality: 39160 92850)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Trilophosaurus dornorum (13273 218126) Trilophosaurus jacobsi (13266)