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Angistorhinus grandis

Osteichthyes - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Angistorhinus grandis was named by Mehl (1913). Its type specimen is FMNH 631, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Between Squaw and Baldwin Creeks, which is in a Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Popo Agie Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Angistorhinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Angistorhinus grandis Mehl p. 186 fig. 1
1915Angistorhinus grandis Mehl p. 129
1930Angistorhinus grandis Hay p. 143
1995Angistorhinus grandis Long and Murry p. 40
2002Angistorhinus grandis Lucas et al. p. 157
2013Angistorhinus grandis Stocker and Butler

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
subfamilyMystriosuchinaevon Huene 1915
genusAngistorhinus
speciesgrandis

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.

†Angistorhinus grandis Mehl 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 21:10:18
Modified: 2009-01-03 23:10:18
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3USA (Wyoming) Angistorhinus grandis (type locality: 107392)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7USA (Texas) Angistorhinus grandis (93600)