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Neusticosaurus pygmaeus

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae

Taxonomy
Neusticosaurus pygmaeus was named by Fraas (1896).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. pusilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Neusticosaurus pygmaeus Fraas p. 13
1898Neusticosaurus pygmaeus Spangenberg p. 407

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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()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
superfamilyPachypleurosauroidea
familyPachypleurosauridae(Nopcsa 1928)
genusNeusticosaurus()
speciespygmaeus

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Ladinian or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Neusticosaurus pygmaeus (31768)