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Cryptolacerta hassiaca

Reptilia - Lacertidae

Taxonomy
Cryptolacerta hassiaca was named by Müller et al. (2011). Its type specimen is SMF ME 2604, a skeleton (nearly complete specimen missing distal tail), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West of Quarry 2, 50cm above Level β12 (B12), Messel Pit World Heritage Site, which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Cryptolacerta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Cryptolacerta hassiaca Müller et al. p. 364 figs. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
familyLacertidaeBonaparte 1831
genusCryptolacerta
specieshassiaca

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.

Cryptolacerta hassiaca Müller et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:45:04
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:45:04
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: MP 11 or 48.60000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Cryptolacerta hassiaca (type locality: 181071)