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Icarosaurus siefkeri

Osteichthyes - Kuehneosauridae

Taxonomy
Icarosaurus siefkeri was named by Colbert (1966). Its type specimen is AMNH specimen, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Granton Quarry, which is in a Norian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Lockatong Formation of New Jersey. It is the type species of Icarosaurus.

Entered
by R. Butler on 2009-10-19; modified by R. Benson on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Icarosaurus siefkeri Colbert p. 6 figs. 3-10
1967Icarosaurus siefkeri Robinson p. 173
1983Icarosaurus siefkeri Estes p. 19 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
—LepidosauriformesGauthier et al. 1988
familyKuehneosauridae
genusIcarosaurus
speciessiefkeri

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.

†Icarosaurus siefkeri Colbert 1966
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. L. Robinson 1967Diagnosis as for genus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantg
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-01-04 11:30:35
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:30:35
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Colbert 1970

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (New Jersey) Icarosaurus siefkeri (type locality: 12856)