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Ischigualastia jenseni

Anomodontia - Stahleckeriidae

Taxonomy
Ischigualastia jenseni was named by Cox (1962). Its type specimen is MACN 18.055, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2 km north of Agua de la Pena, which is in a Tuvalian terrestrial horizon in the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Ischigualastia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Ischigualastia jenseni Cox p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
familyStahleckeriidaeCox 1965
subfamilyStahleckeriinaeHuene 1935
genusIschigualastia
speciesjenseni

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 mobilep
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tuvalian or 233.60000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Argentina (San Juan) Ischigualastia jenseni (type locality: 34702)