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Paraplacosauriops quercyi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Placosaurus quercyi was named by Filhol (1882). Its type specimen is MNHN QU 16569 (neotype) (left dentary) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data), which is in an Eocene/Miocene terrestrial phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.

It was recombined as Paraplacosauriops quercyi by Sullivan and Augé (2006) and Auge and Sullivan (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Placosaurus quercyi Filhol fig. 127
2006Paraplacosauriops quercyi Auge and Sullivan
2006Paraplacosauriops quercyi Sullivan and Augé

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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()
genusParaplacosauriops
speciesquercyi(Filhol 1882)

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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MP 8 + 9 to the top of the Priabonian or 55.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) Paraplacosauriops quercyi (35531)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Placosaurus quercyi (84997)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Placosaurus quercyi (31745)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.2 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Placosaurus quercyi, Paraplacosauriops quercyi (type locality: 179194)