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Anhanguera robustus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Tropeognathus robustus was named by Wellnhofer (1987). Its type specimen is BSP 1987 I 47, a mandible (Lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.

It was recombined as Anhanguera robustus by Kellner and Tomida (2000) and Rodrigues and Kellner (2008); it was recombined as Coloborhynchus robustus by Veldmeijer (1998), Fastnacht (2001), Unwin (2002), Unwin (2003), Veldmeijer et al. (2006) and Martill and Unwin (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Coloborhynchus robustus Veldmeijer
2000Anhanguera robustus Kellner and Tomida
2001Coloborhynchus robustus Fastnacht
2002Coloborhynchus robustus Unwin
2003Coloborhynchus robustus Unwin p. 145
2006Coloborhynchus robustus Veldmeijer et al.
2008Anhanguera robustus Rodrigues and Kellner
2011Coloborhynchus robustus Martill and Unwin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
Pteranodontia()
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
genusAnhanguera
speciesrobustus()

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.

Anhanguera robustus Wellnhofer 1987
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Diagnosis
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