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Aardonyx celestae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)157363https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=157363
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Aardonyx : Aardonyx celestae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-EusaurischiaPadian et al. 1999
-Sauropodomorpha
-MassopodaYates 2007
-SauropodiformesMartinez et al. 2011
genusAardonyxYates et al. 2010
speciesAardonyx celestaeYates et al. 2010
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aardonyx celestaespeciesbelongs to Aardonyxstated with evidenceYates et al., 2010
Aardonyx celestaespeciesbelongs to Aardonyxstated without evidenceReisz et al., 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance201 - 191 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance201 - 191 Ma
Early Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. M. Yates, M. F. Bonnan, and J. Neveling, A. Chinsamy, M. G. Blackbeard. 2010. A new transitional sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and the evolution of sauropod feeding and quadrupedalism. Proceedings of The Royal Society B 277(1682):787-794

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2010Aardonyx celestae Reisz et al. p. 1663
2010Aardonyx celestae Yates et al.
2011Aardonyx celestae Yates et al. p. 610

References

Yates A. M., Bonnan M. F., et al (2010) A new transitional sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and the evolution of sauropod feeding and quadrupedalism, Proceedings of The Royal Society B 277 1682, 787-794 doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1440
Reisz R. R., Evans D. C., et al (2010) Embryonic skeletal anatomy of the sauropodomorph dinosaur Massospondylus from the Lower Jurassic of South Africa, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 6, 1653-1665
Yates A. M., Bonnan M. F., et al (2011) A new basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 3, 610-625
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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