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Parodaxosaurus sanjuanensis

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Parodaxosaurus sanjuanensis was named by Sullivan (1986). Its type specimen is UNM NP-1509 (greater anterior part of fused frontal) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West Flank Torreon Wash (NMMNH 312), which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Nacimiento Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Parodaxosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Parodaxosaurus sanjuanensis Sullivan p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyAnguidaeGray 1825
subfamilyOdaxosaurinaeSullivan 1982
genusParodaxosaurus
speciessanjuanensis

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.

†Parodaxosaurus sanjuanensis Sullivan 1986
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Diagnosis
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