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Eichstaettisaurus gouldi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Eichstaettisaurus gouldi was named by Evans et al. (2004). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MPN 19457, a partial skeleton (A partial skeleton preserved in ventral view). Its type locality is La Cavere, Pietraroja, which is in an Albian basinal (carbonate) mudstone/wackestone in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Eichstaettisaurus gouldi Evans et al.

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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()
genusEichstaettisaurusKuhn 1958
speciesgouldi

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.

Eichstaettisaurus gouldi Evans et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. E. Evans et al. 2004Species of Eichstaettisaurus differing from the type species as follows: lacking any trace of a median suture on either frontal or parietal; interorbital width of the frontal only 20 per cent of frontoparietal suture width; frontoparietal suture with the parietal slightly embayed by median convexity of frontal; frontal slightly wider than parietal at the frontoparietal suture, with posterolateral tip of frontal apparently emarginated from behind by postfrontal.
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 112.03000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Italy (Campania) Eichstaettisaurus gouldi (type locality: 68888 112631)