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Pseudosaurillus becklesi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Pseudosaurillus becklesi was named by Hoffstetter (1967). Its type specimen is BMNH R8095, a partial skeleton (mandible, interclavicle, clavicle, humeris, and fragments of the ulna and fibula), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Pseudosaurillus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Pseudosaurillus becklesi Hoffstetter
1983Pseudosaurillus becklesi Estes p. 118 figs. 29c-f
2002Pseudosaurillus becklesi Evans and Searle p. 152

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
genusPseudosaurillus
speciesbecklesi

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.

Pseudosaurillus becklesi Hoffstetter 1967
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Pseudosaurillus becklesi (52312 type locality: 72142)