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Pascualgnathus polanskii

Osteichthyes - Traversodontidae

Taxonomy
Pascualgnathus polanskii was named by Bonaparte (1965). Its type specimen is MLP 65-VI-18-1, a partial skeleton (skull, mandibles, and several postcranial elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Puesto Viejo farm house, which is in a Julian terrestrial horizon in the Rio Seco de la Quebrada Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Pascualgnathus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Pascualgnathus polanskii Bonaparte p. 96 fig. 2
1966Pascualgnathus polanskii Bonaparte
1974Pascualgnathus polanskii Barbarena p. 156

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderCynognathia
—Gomphodontia(Seeley 1895)
familyTraversodontidaeHuene 1936
genusPascualgnathus
speciespolanskii

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.

†Pascualgnathus polanskii Bonaparte 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Julian or 237.00000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Argentina (Mendoza) Pascualgnathus polanskii (type locality: 98604)