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Rhacheosaurus
Taxonomy
Rhacheosaurus was named by Meyer (1831). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Pleurosauri by Fitzinger (1843); to Dactylopodes by Meyer (1845); to Thalattosuchia by Bronzati et al. (2012); to Metriorhynchidae by Young et al. (2013); to Metriorhynchinae by Young et al. (2010), Cau and Fanti (2011) and Young (2013); and to Rhacheosaurini by Parrilla-Bel and Canudo (2015).
It was assigned to Pleurosauri by Fitzinger (1843); to Dactylopodes by Meyer (1845); to Thalattosuchia by Bronzati et al. (2012); to Metriorhynchidae by Young et al. (2013); to Metriorhynchinae by Young et al. (2010), Cau and Fanti (2011) and Young (2013); and to Rhacheosaurini by Parrilla-Bel and Canudo (2015).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1831 | Rhacheosaurus Meyer |
1843 | Rhacheosaurus Fitzinger p. 61 |
1845 | Rhacheosaurus Meyer p. 280 |
2010 | Rhacheosaurus Young et al. p. 851 |
2011 | Rhacheosaurus Cau and Fanti p. 558 fig. 6 |
2012 | Rhacheosaurus Bronzati et al. |
2013 | Rhacheosaurus Young fig. 6 |
2013 | Rhacheosaurus Young et al. |
2015 | Rhacheosaurus Parrilla-Bel and Canudo |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | Rhacehosaurus gracilis (53039) R. gracilis (212951) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bavaria) | R. gracilis (58604) |