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Whitakersaurus bermani

Description

Whitakersaurus is a genus of sphenodontid rhynchocephalian reptile dated to be late Triassic in age and is from the Ghost Ranch fossil quarry in New Mexico, USA. It is named after the discoverer of the Ghost Ranch quarry, George O. Whitaker. The fossil was described in 2007.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4967977https://www.gbif.org/species/4967977
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)130178https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=130178
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Rhynchocephalia : Whitakersaurus : Whitakersaurus bermani
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Rhynchocephalia : Whitakersaurus : Whitakersaurus bermani
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
-Lepidosauromorpha
superorderLepidosauria
orderRhynchocephaliaGünther 1867
suborderSphenodontia
genusWhitakersaurusHeckert et al. 2008
speciesWhitakersaurus bermaniHeckert et al. 2008
Generic NameWhitakersaurus
Scientific NameWhitakersaurus bermani Heckert et al., 2008
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Whitakersaurus bermanispeciesbelongs to Whitakersaurusstated with evidenceHeckert et al., 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
Last Recorded Appearance209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. B. Heckert, S. G. Lucas, and L. F. Rinehart, A. P. Hunt. 2008. A new genus and species of sphenodontian from the Ghost Ranch Coelophysis Quarry (Upper Triassic: Apachean), Rock Point Formation, New Mexico, USA. Palaeontology 51(4):827-845
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitakersaurus_bermani

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2008Whitakersaurus bermani Heckert et al. p. 831 figs. 2-3, Pl. 1-2

References

Heckert A. B., Lucas S. G., et al (2008) A new genus and species of sphenodontian from the Ghost Ranch Coelophysis Quarry (Upper Triassic: Apachean), Rock Point Formation, New Mexico, USA, Palaeontology 51 4, 827-845 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00786.x
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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