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Kaikaifilusaurus minimus

Osteichthyes - Rhynchocephalia - Sphenodontidae

Taxonomy
Priosphenodon minimus was named by Apesteguia and Carballido (2014). Its type specimen is MPEF-PV 3166, a skull (almost complete skull with attached jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tres Cerros, which is in an Aptian dune horizon in the Cerro Barcino Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Kaikaifilusaurus minimus by Gentil et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Priosphenodon minimus Apesteguia and Carballido p. 304 figs. 2-6
2019Kaikaifilusaurus minimus Gentil et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
orderRhynchocephalia
familySphenodontidaeCope 1871
—Opisthodontia
subfamilyEilenodontinae
genusKaikaifilusaurus
speciesminimus()

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.

†Kaikaifilusaurus minimus Apesteguia and Carballido 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available