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Apatodonosaurus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4823432https://www.gbif.org/species/4823432
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)173372https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=173372
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Apatodonosaurus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Ichthyosauria : Apatodonosaurus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
-IchthyosauromorphaMotani et al. 2015
-IchthyosauriformesMotani et al. 2015
-Ichthyopterygia
-EoichthyosauriaMotani 1999
-Ichthyosauria
genusApatodonosaurusMehl 1928
Scientific NameApatodonosaurus Mehl, 1928
Name Published InBull. Geol. Soc. Amer., 38
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Apatodonosaurusgenusbelongs to Ichthyosauriastated without evidenceMehl, 1928
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
Environmentmarine (based on Ichthyosauria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ichthyosauria)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ichthyosauria)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Ichthyosauria)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Ichthyosauria)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. G. Mehl. 1928. Apatodonosaurus, a new genus of ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Wyoming. Denison University Scientific Laboratories Journal 23(2):111-126

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Apatodonosaurus grayi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1164 Ma
Middle Jurassic		164 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1928Apatodonosaurus Mehl p. 126 figs. Pls. 30-35

References

Mehl M. G. (1928) Apatodonosaurus, a new genus of ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Wyoming, Denison University Scientific Laboratories Journal 23 2, 111-126
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., 38 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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