Beesiiwo cooowuse

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Rhynchosauria 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Divisio: †Unspecified Archosauromorpha Division
Ordo: Rhynchosauria

Familia: Rhynchosauridae
Subfamilia: †Hyperodapedontinae
Genus: †Beesiiwo
Species: †B. cooowuse

Name edit

Beesiiwo Fitch, Haas, C’Hair, Ridgley, E., Ridgley, B., Oldman, Reynolds, Lovelace, 2023

Type species: Beesiiwo cooowuse Fitch, Haas, C’Hair, Ridgley, E., Ridgley, B., Oldman, Reynolds, Lovelace, 2023

Etymology: from Arapaho beesiiwó (“big lizard”) [Fitch et al., 2023: p. 177]

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Fitch, Adam J., Haas, Merle, C’Hair, Wayne, Ridgley, Eugene, Ridgley, Ben, Oldman, Devin, Reynolds, Crystal, Lovelace, David M.. 2023. A New Rhynchosaur Taxon from the Popo Agie Formation, WY: Implications for a Northern Pangean Early-Late Triassic (Carnian) Fauna. Diversity, 15(4): 544. DOI: 10.3390/d15040544