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Merriamosaurus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4818023https://www.gbif.org/species/4818023
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)172836https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=172836
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Merriamosauridae : Merriamosaurus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Ichthyosauria : Merriamosauridae : Merriamosaurus
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
-HueneosauriaMaisch and Matzke 2000
-MerriamosauriaMotani 1999
familyMerriamosauridaeMaisch and Matzke 2003
genusMerriamosaurusMaisch & Matzke 2002
Scientific NameMerriamosaurus Maisch & Matzke, 2002
Name Published InNeues Jahrb Geol Palaeontol Abh 226 (1), Oktober
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Merriamosaurusgenusbelongs to Merriamosauridaestated with evidenceMaisch and Matzke, 2003
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
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. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2002. Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part IX. The first associated skeletal remains of Merriamosaurus n. g. (Ichthyosauria, Lower Triassic) and their bearing on the systematic position of the Omphalosauria. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 226(1):59-94

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Merriamosaurus hulkei ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic		251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Rotundopteryx hulkei
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2002Merriamosaurus Maisch and Matzke p. 61 figs. 1-8
2003Merriamosaurus Maisch and Matzke p. 95

References

Maisch M. W., Matzke A. T. (2002) Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part IX. The first associated skeletal remains of Merriamosaurus n. g. (Ichthyosauria, Lower Triassic) and their bearing on the systematic position of the Omphalosauria, Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 226 1, 59-94
Maisch M. W., Matzke A. T. (2003) Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part X: The Lower Triassic Merriamosaurus from Spitzbergen - additional data on its anatomy and phylogenetic position, Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 227 1, 93-137
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
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Neues Jahrb Geol Palaeontol Abh 226 (1), Oktober - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Maisch, M.W.; Matzke, A.T. (2002). Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part IX. The first associated skeletal remains of Merriamosaurus n.g. (Ichthyosauria, Lower Triassic) and their bearing on the systematic position of the Omphalosauria. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie Abhandlungen, 226 (1), 59-94 - 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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