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Tholodus schmidi

Reptilia - Omphalosauridae

Taxonomy
Tholodus schmidi was named by Von Meyer (1851). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Muschelkalk, which is in a Triassic marine horizon in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Tholodus schmidi Von Meyer
1971Tholodus schmidti Kuhn p. 11
2003Tholodus schmidi McGowan and Motani
2010Tholodus schmidi Maisch

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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)
familyOmphalosauridaeMerriam 1906
genusTholodusVon Meyer 1851
speciesschmidiVon Meyer 1851

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.

†Tholodus schmidi Von Meyer 1851
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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: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation (Primorye) Tholodus schmidi (195194)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Tholodus schmidi (138123)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Udine) Tholodus schmidi (196956)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina (Vares) Tholodus schmidi (type locality: 133310)