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Effigia okeeffeae

Osteichthyes - Shuvosauridae

Taxonomy
Effigia okeeffeae was named by Nesbitt and Norell (2006). It is not extant. Its type specimen is AMNH 30587. Its type locality is Ghost Ranch Quarry, which is in a Rhaetian crevasse splay siltstone/conglomerate in the Chinle Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Effigia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Effigia okeeffeae Nesbitt and Norell
2008Effigia okeeffeae D'Orazi Porchetti et al. p. 283 fig. 10
2011Effigia okeeffeae Nesbitt p. 31

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
familyShuvosauridae
genusEffigia
speciesokeeffeae

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.

†Effigia okeeffeae Nesbitt and Norell 2006
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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: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4USA (New Mexico) Effigia okeeffeae (type locality: 48422)