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Rhynchosaurus articeps

Description

Rhynchosaurus (beaked lizard) is a genus of rhynchosaur that lived during the Middle Triassic period. It lived in Europe. It was related to the archosaurs, but not within that group. The type species of Rhynchosaurus is R. articeps. Michael Benton named two additional species, R. spenceri and R. brodiei, but they were subsequently renamed Fodonyx and Langeronyx respectively. Fossils of Rhynchosaurus have been found in the Tarporley Siltstone Formation (Mercia Mudstone Group) and possibly the Sherwood Sandstone Group of the United Kingdom.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4967914https://www.gbif.org/species/4967914
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)95808https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=95808
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Rhynchosauria : Rhynchosauridae : Rhynchosaurus : Rhynchosaurus articeps
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Rhynchosauridae : Rhynchosaurus : Rhynchosaurus articeps
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
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Rhynchosauria
-Rhynchosauridae
genusRhynchosaurusOwen 1842
speciesRhynchosaurus articepsOwen 1842
Generic NameRhynchosaurus
Scientific NameRhynchosaurus articeps Owen, 1842
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rhynchosaurus articepsspeciesbelongs to Rhynchosaurusstated with evidenceOwen, 1842
Rhynchosaurus articepsspeciesbelongs to Rhynchosaurusstated without evidenceOwen, 1861
Rhynchosaurus articepsspeciesbelongs to Rhynchosauroidesstated without evidenceDemathieu and Haubold, 1972
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance237 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Rhynchosauria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Owen. 1842. Description of an Extinct Lacertilian Reptile, Rhynchosaurus articeps, Owen, of which the Bones and Foot-prints characterize the Upper New Red Sandstone at Grinshill, near Shrewsbury. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 7(3):355-369
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhynchosaurus_articeps

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Rhynchosauroides articeps (Owen, 1842)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Rhynchosauria : Rhynchosauridae : Rhynchosaurus : Rhynchosauroides articeps

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1842Rhynchosaurus articeps Owen p. 355 figs. Pls. 5, 6
1861Rhynchosaurus articeps Owen p. 263
1934Rhynchosaurus articeps Swinton p. 83
1972Rhynchosauroides articeps Demathieu and Haubold p. 804
2003Rhynchosauroides articeps Tresise p. 134

References

Owen R. Description of an Extinct Lacertilian Reptile, Rhynchosaurus articeps, Owen, of which the Bones and Foot-prints characterize the Upper New Red Sandstone at Grinshill, near Shrewsbury, Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 7 3, 355-369
Owen R. , Palaeontology, or a Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and their Geological Relations. Second Edition. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1-463
Swinton W. E. (1934) , A Guide to the Fossil Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians in the Department of Geology and Paleontology in the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, S.W. 7, xii-87
Demathieu G. R., Haubold H. (1972) Stratigraphische Aussagen der Tetrapodenfährten aus der terrestrischen Trias Europas [Stratigraphic statements about the tetrapod tracks from the European terrestrial Triassic], Geologie 21, 802-836
R. Owen (1842) Description of an Extinct Lacertilian Reptile, Rhynchosaurus articeps, Owen, of which the Bones and Foot-prints characterize the Upper New Red Sandstone at Grinshill, near Shrewsbury: Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 3: 355--369 - via Catalogue of Life
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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