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Protanystropheus antiquus

Reptilia - Tanystropheidae

Taxonomy
Tanystropheus antiquus was named by Huene (1905). Its type specimen is SMNS 16687, a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Krappitz, which is in a Bithynian marine limestone in the Gogolin Formation of Poland.

It was recombined as Protanystropheus antiquus by Sennikov (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Tanystropheus antiquus Huene p. 349
1914Tanystrophaeus antiquus Huene p. 11
1971Tanystropheus antiquus Kuhn p. 11
1984Tanystropheus antiquus Wild and Oosterink
2011Protanystropheus antiquus Sennikov

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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()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
familyTanystropheidaeGervais 1859
genusProtanystropheus
speciesantiquus()

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: 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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bithynian or 244.99000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland (Opolskie) Tanystropheus antiquus (96435)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Coelurosauria indet. (182564)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Poland (Opolskie) Tanystropheus antiquus (type locality: 104812)