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Pentaedrusaurus

Reptilia - Procolophonidae

Taxonomy
Pentaedrusaurus was named by Li (1989). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Procolophonidae by Li (1989).

Species
P. ordosianus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Pentaedrusaurus Li p. 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
superfamilyProcolophonoidea
familyProcolophonidae
genusPentaedrusaurus

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.

G. †Pentaedrusaurus Li 1989
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Olenekian to the top of the Anisian or 249.90000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian - Anisian249.9 - 241.464China (Shaanxi) P. ordosianus (92429)