| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Cyamodontidae : Psephoderma : Psephoderma alpinum |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Placodontia : Psephoderma : Psephoderma alpinum |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Psephoderma |
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| Scientific Name | Psephoderma alpinum Meyer, 1858 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Psephoderma alpinum | species | belongs to Psephoderma | stated with evidence | Kuhn, 1971 | | Psephoderma alpinum | species | belongs to Psephoderma | stated without evidence | Pinna and Nosotti, 1989 | | Psephoderma alpinum | species | belongs to Psephoderma | stated with evidence | Rieppel, 2001 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 216 - 212 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic |
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| Environment | marine (based on Sauropterygia) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Pinna and S. Nosotti. 1989. Anatomia, morfologia funzionale e paleoecologia del rettile placodonte Psephoderma alpiunum Meyer, 1858. Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Milano 25(2):1-50 |
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| Pinna G., Nosotti S. (1989) Anatomia, morfologia funzionale e paleoecologia del rettile placodonte Psephoderma alpiunum Meyer, 1858, Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Milano 25 2, 1-50 |
| Kuhn O. (1971) , Die Saurier der deutschen Trias [Reptiles of the German Triassic], 1-105 |
| Rieppel O. (2001) The cranial anatomy of Placochelys placodonta Jaekel, 1902, and a review of the Cyamodontoidea (Reptilia, Placodonta), Fieldiana: Geology, new series 45, 1-104 |
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