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Pachyvaranus crassispondylus

Reptilia - Pachyvaranidae

Taxonomy
Pachyvaranus crassispondylus was named by Arambourg (1952). Its type specimen is MNHN PMC 1, a set of vertebrae (Mid-dorsal vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Youssoufia railway trench, which is in a Maastrichtian marine phosphorite in Morocco. It is the type species of Pachyvaranus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
infraorderPlatynotaBaur 1890
superfamilyVaranoideaGray 1827
familyPachyvaranidaeKuhn 1961
genusPachyvaranusArambourg 1952
speciescrassispondylusArambourg 1952

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.

†Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available