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Pentaedrusaurus ordosianus

Reptilia - Procolophonidae

Taxonomy
Pentaedrusaurus ordosianus was named by Li (1989). Its type specimen is IVPP V8735, a partial skeleton (including slightly damaged skull and lower jaw, most dorsal vertebrae, incomplete pectoral and pelvic girdles, fore and hind limbs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mazhen, which is in an Olenekian/Anisian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Heshanggou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Pentaedrusaurus ordosianus Li pp. 249, 263 figs. 1-6; Pls. I, II
2008Pentaedrusaurus ordocianus Cisneros pp. 21-22

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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
speciesordosianus

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
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) Pentaedrusaurus ordosianus (type locality: 92429)