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Boavus idelmani

Reptilia

Discussion

Per Onary et al . 2021 [ref 83805] the type specimen cannot be located and plaster cast of type specimen is AMNH 3850

Taxonomy
Boavus idelmani was named by Gilmore (1938). Its type specimen is Private specimen of E. S. Weinberg, a skeleton (nearly complete articulated skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Fossil, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Boavus idelmani Gilmore p. 29 figs. 1-2
1938Boavus idelmani Gilmorei
1984Boavus idelmani Rage p. 15

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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
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
Macrostomata
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
genusBoavus
speciesidelmani

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.

Boavus idelmani Gilmore 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Grouping: solitarysuperf
Environment: terrestrialsuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Created: 2005-09-19 11:48:22
Modified: 2005-09-19 13:48:22
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Greene 1997

Age range: Bridgerian or 50.50000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Boavus idelmani (type locality: 180201)