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Kwanasaurus williamparkeri

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Kwanasaurus williamparkeri was named by Martz and Small (2019). Its type specimen is DMNH EPV.65879, a maxilla (partial L maxilla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burrow Cliff, DMNH loc. 4340, which is in a Norian/Rhaetian coarse channel fill siltstone/conglomerate in the Chinle Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Kwanasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Kwanasaurus williamparkeri Martz and Small p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Silesauridae
Sulcimentisauria
genusKwanasaurus
specieswilliamparkeri

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.

Kwanasaurus williamparkeri Martz and Small 2019
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. W. Martz and B. J. Small 2019As for genus, by monotypy.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Rhaetian or 228.00000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Colorado) Kwanasaurus williamparkeri (92089 206266 206267 type locality: 206268 206269 206270)