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Protolacerta

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Protolacerta was named by Casamiquela (1975). Its type is Protolacerta patagonica.

It was assigned to Sauria by Casamiquela (1975).

Species
P. patagonica (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Protolacerta Casamiquela p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
suborderSauria(MacCartney 1802)
genusProtolacerta

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. †Protolacerta Casamiquela 1975
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†Protolacerta patagonica Casamiquela 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Aalenian or 184.20000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian - Aalenian184.2 - 170.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. patagonica (29393)