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Aphelosaurus lutevensis

Reptilia - Protorosauria - Protorosauridae

Taxonomy
Aphelosaurus lutevensis was named by Gervais (1858). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.LOD 180, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Les Tuilieres, Lodeve, which is in an Asselian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Usclas-Saint-Privas Formation of France. It is the type species of Aphelosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Aphelosaurus lutevensis Gervais
1859Aphelosaurus lutevensis Gervais p. 459

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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()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
orderProtorosauriaHuxley 1871
familyProtorosauridae
genusAphelosaurus
specieslutevensis

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.

Aphelosaurus lutevensis Gervais 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2011-03-27 21:49:37
Modified: 2011-03-27 05:49:37
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Renesto 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Aphelosaurus lutevensis (type locality: 171350)