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Rhynchosauroides articeps

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Rhynchosaurus articeps was named by Owen (1842). Its type specimen is SHRBM G132/1982 (lectotype, designated by Benton, 1990), a partial skull (nearly complete skull and mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grinshill quarries, which is in an Anisian paralic sandstone/sandstone in the Tarporley Siltstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Rhynchosauroides articeps by Demathieu and Haubold (1972), Tresise (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. brunswicki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Rhynchosaurus articeps Owen p. 355 figs. Pls. 5, 6
1859Rhynchosaurus articeps Owen p. 141
1861Rhynchosaurus articeps Owen p. 263
1869Rhynchosaurus articeps Seeley p. 136
1934Rhynchosaurus articeps Swinton p. 83
1972Rhynchosauroides articeps Demathieu and Haubold p. 804
2003Rhynchosauroides articeps Tresise p. 134

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
genusRhynchosauroidesMaidwell 1911
speciesarticeps()

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: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Late/Upper Triassic or 247.20000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0United Kingdom (England) Rhynchosaurus articeps (type locality: 80838)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Rhynchosauroides articeps (174686)