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Protolacerta patagonica

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Protolacerta patagonica was named by Casamiquela (1975). Its type specimen is CTES-PZ 1709, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Roca Blanca, which is in a Toarcian/Aalenian fluvial horizon in the Roca Blanca Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Protolacerta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Protolacerta patagonica Casamiquela p. 65

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
suborderSauria(MacCartney 1802)
genusProtolacerta
speciespatagonica

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.

†Protolacerta patagonica Casamiquela 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available