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Thecodontosaurus minimus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Thecodontosaurus minimus was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Matsepe (zone B/1), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Thecodontosaurus minimus Ellenberger p. 347

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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()
—Eusaurischia
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
genusThecodontosaurus
speciesminimus

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.

†Thecodontosaurus minimus Ellenberger 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Entire body: yesg
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2005-08-24 13:30:42
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:30:42
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Peczkis 1995, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Lesotho (Mafeteng) Thecodontosaurus minimus (type locality: 149712)