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Restes rugosus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Restes rugosus was named by Gauthier (1982) [Exostinus rugosus was named by Gilmore 1942; Gauthier 1982 determined E. rugosus not to be a member of Exostinus and errected a new genus for this species: Restes rugosus.]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is PU 14559. Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Restes.

Synonyms
  • Exostinus rugosus was named by Gilmore (1942). Its type specimen is Princeton Mus. no. 14559, a maxilla (posterior half of right maxillary bearing five teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

    It was synonymized objectively with Restes rugosus by Gauthier (1982).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Exostinus rugosus Gilmore p. 159 fig. 1
1982Restes rugosus Gauthier pp. 10, 11 figs. 1, 2, 5

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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()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
genusRestesGauthier 1982
speciesrugosus

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.

†Restes rugosus Gauthier 1982
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Invalid names: Exostinus rugosus Gilmore 1942 [objective synonym]
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 Tiffanian to the top of the Bridgerian or 61.70000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Exostinus rugosus (type locality: 15049 15065)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Restes rugosus (15085)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Restes rugosus (27268)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Restes rugosus (15837)