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Dolichosaurus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Dolichosaurus was named by Owen (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno K Turo-l]. It is the type genus of Dolichosauridae.

It was assigned to Repentia by Owen (1850) and Owen (1851); to Lacertilia by Owen (1861); to Dolichosauridae by Gervais (1853), McDowell and Bogert (1954), Carroll (1988) and Caldwell (2000); to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dolichosauridae by Paparella et al. (2018).

Species
D. longicollis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Dolichosaurus Owen p. 388
1851Dolichosaurus Owen p. 22 figs. plate 10, figs 1-4
1853Dolichosaurus Gervais p. 471
1861Dolichosaurus Owen p. 311
1954Dolichosaurus McDowell and Bogert p. 132
1988Dolichosaurus Carroll
2000Dolichosaurus Caldwell
2002Dolichosaurus Sepkoski
2018Dolichosaurus Paparella 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()
—Pythonomorpha()
—Dolichosauridae(Gervais 1852)
genusDolichosaurus

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.

G. †Dolichosaurus Owen 1850
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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: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) D. longicollis (92426) D. sp. (92427)