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Cymatosaurus erikae

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia

Taxonomy
Cymatosaurus erikae was named by Maisch (2014). It is not extant. Its type specimen is SMNS 10977. Its type locality is Jenzig, near Jena, which is in a Bithynian marine horizon in the Röt Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. erytheus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Cymatosaurus erikae Maisch

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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
suborderPistosauroideaBaur 1887
genusCymatosaurusFritsch 1894
specieserikae

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.

†Cymatosaurus erikae Maisch 2014
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Bithynian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Germany Cymatosaurus erikae (type locality: 138069)