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Plectropterna lineans

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Plectropterna lineans was named by Hitchcock (1858). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Plectropterna lineans Hitchcock p. 110
1871Plectropterna lineans Hitchcock p. xxi
1894Plectropterna lineans Lyman p. 205
1895Plectropterna lineans Lyman figs. Pl. 608
1898Plectropterna lineans Hitchcock p. 402
1902Plectropterna lineans Hay p. 549
1917Plectropterna lineans Lull p. 120
1930Plectropterna lineans Hay p. 19

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
genusPlectropternaHitchcock 1845
specieslineans

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.

†Plectropterna lineans Hitchcock 1858
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Hettangian or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5USA (Massachusetts) Plectropterna lineans (52986)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9USA (Connecticut) Plectropterna lineans (53000 53023)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9USA (Massachusetts) Plectropterna lineans (52987)