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Chiniquodon theotonicus

Osteichthyes - Chiniquodontidae

Taxonomy
Chiniquodon theotonicus was named by Huene (1936). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cynodontier-Sanga (Fundgruppe 1050), Chiniquá, which is in a Ladinian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Belesodon magnificus Huene p. 93 figs. 20; Pl. 11:2-Pl. 15:1
1936Chiniquodon theotonicus Huene p. 93 figs. Pl. 11:1
1969Belesodon magnificus Romer
1969Chiniquodon theotonicus Romer
1969Probelesodon lewisi Romer p. 2 figs. 1-7
1973Probelesodon minor Romer
1982Probelesodon kitchingi Teixeira
2002Chiniquodon theotonicus Abdala and Giannini p. 1160

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderEucynodontia
—Probainognathia
familyChiniquodontidaeHuene 1936
genusChiniquodon
speciestheotonicus

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.

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Invalid names: Belesodon magnificus Huene 1936 [synonym], Probelesodon kitchingi Teixeira 1982 [synonym], Probelesodon lewisi Romer 1969 [synonym], Probelesodon minor Romer 1973 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Norian or 239.48000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Belesodon magnificus (48659 99413 99423 105826) Chiniquodon theotonicus (type locality: 99421) Chiniquodon theotonicus, Belesodon magnificus (105529) Probelesodon kitchingi (99237)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Argentina (La Rioja) Probelesodon lewisi (60294)
Longobardian - Judithian239.48 - 72.2Argentina (La Rioja) Probelesodon lewisi (26092)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7Argentina (San Juan) Chiniquodon theotonicus (92318)