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Parasaniwa cynochoros

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Parasaniwa cynochoros was named by Nydam (2013). Its type specimen is UMNH VP 21180 (partial right maxilla) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UMNH VP Loc. 1268, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Parasaniwa cynochoros Nydam p. 410 fig. 16.17

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

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.

†Parasaniwa cynochoros Nydam 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available