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Tecovasaurus murryi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Tecovasaurus murryi was named by Hunt and Lucas (1994). Its type specimen is NMMNH P-18192, a set of teeth, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is NMMNH L-1430, Upper Kalgary, which is in a Norian channel lag sandstone/conglomerate in the Tecovas Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Tecovasaurus murryi Hunt and Lucas pp. 232-233 figs. 12.5-12.7
1997Tecovasaurus murryi Godefroit and Cuny p. 21
1997Tecovasaurus murryi Murry and Long p. 193
1998Tecovasaurus murryi Heckert and Lucas p. 59
2003Tecovasaurus murryi Heckert and Lucas p. 285
2004Tecovasaurus murryi Heckert p. 102
2005Tecovasaurus murryi Irmis p. 71
2006Tecovasaurus murryi Heckert and Lucas p. 100
2007Tecovasaurus murryi Irmis et al. p. 7
2007Tecovasaurus murryi Nesbitt et al. p. 230

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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
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
genusTecovasaurus
speciesmurryi

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.

Tecovasaurus murryi Hunt and Lucas 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Tecovasaurus murryi (type locality: 13266)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Tecovasaurus murryi (39160)