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Diablophis gilmorei

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Parviraptor gilmorei was named by Evans (1996). Its type specimen is LACM 4684/140572, a partial skeleton (broken right maxilla, mandible, and axis vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is FPA General Site (LACM), which is in a Tithonian floodplain sandstone/siltstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Diablophis.

It was recombined as Diablophis gilmorei by Caldwell et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Parviraptor gilmorei Evans p. 246 figs. 1, 2, 4
2015Diablophis gilmorei Caldwell et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
genusDiablophis
speciesgilmorei()

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.

Diablophis gilmorei Evans 1996
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. E. Evans 1996A species of Parviraptor distinguished from the type species by having a shorter and more steeply angled narial margin and deeper facial process.
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Parviraptor sp. (53040)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Parviraptor gilmorei (type locality: 71476)