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Provelosaurus americanus
Taxonomy
Pareiasaurus americanus was named by Araújo (1985). Its type specimen is UFRGS 0231P, a partial skull (cranium lacking lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bagé-Aceguá Highway, Provelosaurus type, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian terrestrial horizon in the Rio do Rasto Formation of Brazil.
It was recombined as Provelosaurus americanus by Lee (1987), Lee (1997) and Cisneros et al. (2005).
It was recombined as Provelosaurus americanus by Lee (1987), Lee (1997) and Cisneros et al. (2005).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Pareiasaurus americanus Araújo |
| 1987 | Provelosaurus americanus Lee |
| 1997 | Provelosaurus americanus Lee p. 277 |
| 2005 | Provelosaurus americanus Cisneros et al. p. 14 figs. 2-5 |
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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.
†Provelosaurus americanus Araújo 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Roadian - Capitanian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Pareiasaurus americanus (171380 171381) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Provelosaurus americanus (78657) |