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Protorosaurus

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Protorosaurus Meyer p. 518
1845Protorosaurus Meyer p. 280
1848Proterosaurus Geinitz p. 3
1849Protorosaurus d'Orbigny p. 208
1856Proterosaurus Roemer p. 786
1859Protorosaurus Owen p. 140
1860Protorosaurus Owen p. 253
1861Protorosaurus Owen p. 280
1870Protorosaurus Cope
1871Protorosaurus Cope p. 235
1875Protorosaurus Cope p. 15
1880Proterosaurus Seeley p. 46
1887Protorosaurus Baur p. 101
1887Protorosaurus Seeley p. 213
1903Protorosaurus Osborn p. 467
1966Protorosaurus Kuhn p. 40
1980Protorosaurus Chatterjee p. 197
1985Protorosaurus Benton p. 154
1986Protorosaurus Chatterjee p. 309
1988Protorosaurus Carroll
2009Protorosaurus Gottman-Quesada and Sander p. 135
2016Protorosaurus Ezcurra

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
genusProtorosaurusMeyer 1830

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Protorosaurus Meyer 1830
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Protorosaurus speneri Meyer 1832
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Germany (Thuringia) P. speneri (93033 93034)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (149620) P. speneri (87004)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Germany (Saxony Anhalt) P. speneri (85484 93035)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Germany (Hesse) P. sp. (84836) P. speneri (81115 93036)