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Variodens inopinatus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8576558	https://www.gbif.org/species/8576558
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	253391	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=253391

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Trilophosauridae : Variodens : Variodens inopinatus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Trilophosauridae : Variodens : Variodens inopinatus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
family	Trilophosauridae	Gregory 1945
genus	Variodens	Robinson 1957
species	Variodens inopinatus	Robinson 1957

Generic Name

Variodens

Scientific Name

Variodens inopinatus Robinson, 1957

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Variodens inopinatus	species	belongs to Variodens	stated with evidence	Robinson, 1957

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Diapsida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. L. Robinson. 1957. An unusual sauropsid dentition. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 43:283-293

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1957	Variodens inopinatus Robinson p. 292

References

Robinson P. L. (1957) An unusual sauropsid dentition, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 43, 283-293

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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