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Dinodontosaurus pedroanum

Anomodontia - Stahleckeriidae

Taxonomy

Diodontosaurus pedroanum was named by Tupi-Caldas (1936).

It was recombined as Dinodontosaurus pedroanum by Langer et al. (2007).

Synonyms

Dinodontosaurus oliveirai was named by Romer (1943). Its type specimen is MCZ 1670, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sanga no. 2, south of Candelaria, which is in a Ladinian terrestrial claystone in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dicynodon turpior by Cox (1965); it was synonymized subjectively with Dinodontosaurus pedroanum by Langer et al. (2007).
Chanaria platyceps was named by Cox (1968). Its type specimen is Museo de la Plata 65-XI-14-3, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chañares River, 6 miles east, which is in a Ladinian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Chañares Formation of Argentina.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dinodontosaurus oliveirai by Lucas and Harris (1996).
Dinodontosaurus brevirostris was named by Cox (1968). Its type specimen is Museo de la Plata 65-XI-14-4, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chañares River, 6 miles east, which is in a Ladinian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Chañares Formation of Argentina.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dinodontosaurus oliveirai by Lucas and Harris (1996).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1936	Diodontosaurus pedroanum Tupi-Caldas
1943	Dinodontosaurus oliveirai Romer p. 475
1968	Chanaria platyceps Cox p. 2
1968	Dinodontosaurus brevirostris Cox p. 5
1996	Dinodontosaurus oliveirai Lucas and Harris
2007	Dinodontosaurus pedroanum Langer et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
order	Anomodontia	Owen 1859
order	Dicynodontia	()
family	Stahleckeriidae	Cox 1965
genus	Dinodontosaurus	Romer 1943
species	pedroanum	(Tupi-Caldas 1936)

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.

†Dinodontosaurus pedroanum Tupi-Caldas 1936

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Invalid names: Dinodontosaurus oliveirai Romer 1943 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Diet:

herbivoreg

Created:

2009-01-03 20:50:35

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:50:35

Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ladinian or 242.00000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ladinian	242.0 - 237.0	Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)	Dinodontosaurus oliveirai (105524) Dinodontosaurus pedroanum (93693 105604) Dinodontosaurus sp. (92809) Dinodontosaurus turpior (36274 105523 105525 105527)
Ladinian	242.0 - 237.0	Argentina (La Rioja)	Chanaria platyceps, Dinodontosaurus brevirostris (105532) Dinodontosaurus brevirostris (26092)