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Entomophontes incrustatus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9361205https://www.gbif.org/species/9361205
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)346474https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=346474
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Anguidae : Entomophontes : Entomophontes incrustatus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Entomophontes : Entomophontes incrustatus
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
orderSquamataOppel 1811
-EpisquamataPyron et al. 2013
-ToxicoferaVidal and Hedges 2005
suborderAnguimorphaFürbringer 1900
genusEntomophontesSmith and Gauthier 2013
speciesEntomophontes incrustatusSmith & Gauthier 2013
Generic NameEntomophontes
Scientific NameEntomophontes incrustatus Smith & Gauthier, 2013
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Entomophontes incrustatusspeciesbelongs to Entomophontesstated with evidenceSmith and Gauthier, 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance55.8 - 50.3 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance55.8 - 50.3 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)K. T. Smith and J. A. Gauthier. 2013. Early Eocene lizards of the Wasatch Formation near Bitter Creek, Wyoming: diversity and paleoenvironment during an interval of global warming. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54(2):135-230

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2013Entomophontes incrustatus Smith and Gauthier p. 192 figs. 23, 24

References

Smith K. T., Gauthier J. A. (2013) Early Eocene lizards of the Wasatch Formation near Bitter Creek, Wyoming: diversity and paleoenvironment during an interval of global warming, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54 2, 135-230 doi:10.3374/014.054.0205
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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