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Chirotherioidea (disused)

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Chirotherioidea was named by Huene (1954).

It was assigned to Pseudosuchia by Huene (1954), Kuhn (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Chirotherioidea Huene p. 41
1966Chirotherioidea Kuhn p. 72

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
superfamilyChirotherioidea
superfamilyChirotherioidea

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.

Superfm. †Chirotherioidea Huene 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Sinemurian or 246.70000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464United Kingdom (England) Chirotheriidae indet. (184946)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Argentina (La Rioja) Chirotherioidea indet. (85569)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Lesotho (Quthing) Chirotherioidea indet. (56026)