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Ardeosaurus digitatellus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Homeosaurus digitatellus was named by Grier (1914). Its type specimen is CM 4026, a skeleton (partial skeleton including skull and parts of the postcranium preserved in dorsal view), and it is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Eichstaettisaurus digitatellus by Cocude-Michel (1963); it was recombined as Ardeosaurus digitatellus by Hoffstetter (1964) and Estes (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Homeosaurus digitatellus Grier p. 86
1963Eichstaettisaurus digitatellus Cocude-Michel
1964Ardeosaurus digitatellus Hoffstetter p. 285
1983Ardeosaurus digitatellus Estes p. 61 fig. 11b

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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()
genusArdeosaurusvon Meyer 1860
speciesdigitatellus()

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.

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Ardeosaurus digitatellus (type locality: 105797)