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Sisteronia seeleyi

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Sisteronia seeleyi was named by Fischer et al. (2014). Its type specimen is CAMSM B58257_67, a partial skeleton (partial basicranium, scapula, humerus, and 5 centra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cambridge Greensand [non-specific locality data], which is in an Albian open shallow subtidal marl in the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Sisteronia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Sisteronia seeleyi Fischer et al. p. 5 figs. 5-7

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Baracromia
familyOphthalmosauridaeAndrews 1910
subfamilyPlatypterygiinaeArkhangelsky 2001
genusSisteronia
speciesseeleyi

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.

†Sisteronia seeleyi Fischer et al. 2014
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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 Middle Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 109.00000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Sisteronia seeleyi (86975)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3France Sisteronia seeleyi (13499)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3France (Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur) Sisteronia seeleyi (70458)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Sisteronia seeleyi (type locality: 94210)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Russian Federation (Belgorod) Sisteronia seeleyi (32314)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Sisteronia seeleyi (166721)