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Parakannemeyeria chengi

Anomodontia - Kannemeyeriidae

Taxonomy
Parakannemeyeria chengi was named by Liu (2004). Its type specimen is IGCAGS V 382, a skull (Nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santai, Jimusar, which is in a Triassic terrestrial siliciclastic in the Kelamayi Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Parakannemeyeria chengi Liu p. 77
2008Parakannemeyeria chengi Li and Sun p. 399

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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
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
familyKannemeyeriidaeHuene 1948
genusParakannemeyeria
specieschengi

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
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Triassic or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0China (Xinjiang) Parakannemeyeria chengi (type locality: 68023)