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Archaeodontosaurus descouensi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Archaeodontosaurus descouensi was named by Buffetaut (2005). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MHNDPal 2003-396. Its type locality is west of Ambondromamy, which is in a Bathonian coastal claystone/sandstone in the Isalo IIIb Formation of Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Archaeodontosaurus descouensi Buffetaut p. 468 figs. 1-2
2006Archaeodontosaurus descouensi Flynn et al. p. 478
2021Archaeodontosaurus descouensi Bindellini and Dal Sasso p. 139

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
genusArchaeodontosaurus
speciesdescouensi

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available