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Protecovasaurus lucasi

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Protecovasaurus lucasi was named by Heckert (2004). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NMMNH P-34196. Its type locality is NMMNH L-1312, Lower Kalgary, which is in a Norian fine channel fill siltstone/conglomerate in the Tecovas Formation of Texas.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2006-05-02

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Protecovasaurus lucasi Heckert pp. 63-65 figs. 46, 49A-B
2006Protecovasaurus lucasi Heckert and Lucas p. 99
2007Protecovasaurus lucasi Irmis et al. p. 7
2007Protecovasaurus lucasi Nesbitt et al. p. 230

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
genusProtecovasaurus
specieslucasi

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.

†Protecovasaurus lucasi Heckert 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available