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Ancistronychus paradoxus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ancistronychus paradoxus was named by Gonçalves and Sidor (2019). Its type specimen is PEFO 42805/UWBM117331, a limb element (isolated manual ungual phalanx), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kaye Quarry PFV 410, UWBM C2226, which is in a Norian terrestrial mudstone in the Chinle Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Ancistronychus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Ancistronychus paradoxus Gonçalves and Sidor p. 2 figs. 1, 3

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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
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Drepanosauromorpha
genusAncistronychus
speciesparadoxus

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.

†Ancistronychus paradoxus Gonçalves and Sidor 2019
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Diagnosis
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