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Chacaicosaurus cayi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Chacaicosaurus cayi was named by Fernandez (1994). Its type specimen is MOZ 5803 PV, a partial skeleton (Skull and postrcranial fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chacaico Sur-Charahuilla (icthyosaur locality), which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in Argentina.

It was recombined as Stenopterygius cayi by Fernandez (1994), Fernandez and Maxwell (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Chacaicosaurus cayi Fernandez
1994Stenopterygius cayi Fernandez
2003Chacaicosaurus cayi McGowan and Motani
2012Stenopterygius cayi Fernandez and Maxwell
2013Chacaicosaurus cayi Fischer et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Baracromia
genusChacaicosaurus
speciescayi

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.

†Chacaicosaurus cayi Fernandez 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Bajocian or 171.60000 to 168.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Argentina (Neuquen) Chacaicosaurus cayi (type locality: 140299)