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Dactylosaurus gracilis

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae

Taxonomy
Dactylosaurus gracilis was named by Gürich (1884). It is a mold. Its type locality is Michalkowice quarry, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in Poland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Dactylosaurus gracilis Gürich p. 125
1995Dactylosaurus gracilis Rieppel and Lin p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
superfamilyPachypleurosauroidea
familyPachypleurosauridae(Nopcsa 1928)
genusDactylosaurus
speciesgracilis

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.

Dactylosaurus gracilis Gürich 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland (Silesia) Dactylosaurus gracilis (type locality: 195571)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland (Opolskie) Dactylosaurus gracilis (96435)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Netherlands (Gelderland) Dactylosaurus gracilis (96875)