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Cryptovenator hirschbergeri

Osteichthyes - Sphenacodontidae

Taxonomy
Cryptovenator hirschbergeri was named by Fröbisch et al. (2011). Its type specimen is LFN−PW 2008/5599−LS, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Remigiusberg Quarry, which is in a Gzhelian/Asselian lacustrine sandstone in the Remigiusberg Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Cryptovenator.

Entered
by J. Fröbisch on 2011-05-22; modified by T. Liebrecht on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Cryptovenator hirschbergeri Fröbisch et al.

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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
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
—SphenacomorphaIvakhnenko 2003
suborderSphenacodontia
—Sphenacodontoidea
familySphenacodontidaeMarsh 1878
genusCryptovenator
specieshirschbergeri

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.

†Cryptovenator hirschbergeri Fröbisch 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: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Asselian or 303.70000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian - Asselian303.7 - 293.52Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Cryptovenator hirschbergeri (type locality: 109702)