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Malerisaurus robinsonae

Reptilia - Protorosauria - Protorosauridae

Discussion

May represent a chimera (as Malerisaurus langstoni was found to be by Spielmann et al. 2006)

Taxonomy
Malerisaurus robinsonae was named by Chatterjee (1980). Its type specimen is ISIR 150, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mutapurum village, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial claystone in the Maleri Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Malerisaurus robinsonae Chatterjee p. 168 figs. 1b-6, 8-13
1986Malerisaurus robinsonae Chatterjee pp. 309, 310
1990Malerisaurus robinsonae Jain p. 73

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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)
orderProtorosauriaHuxley 1871
familyProtorosauridae
genusMalerisaurus
speciesrobinsonae

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.

†Malerisaurus robinsonae Chatterjee 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2011-03-27 21:49:37
Modified: 2011-03-27 05:49:37
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Renesto 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5India (Telangana) Malerisaurus robinsonae (type locality: 106521)