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Palaeochersis talampayensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Palaeochersis talampayensis was named by Rougier et al. (1995). Its type specimen is PULR 68, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2 km NE of La Esquina, which is in a Norian floodplain siltstone in the Los Colorados Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Palaeochersis talampayensis Rougier et al. p. 855
2007Palaeochersis talampayensis Sterli et al.
2008Palaeochersis talampayensis Danilov and Parham
2011Palaeochersis talampayensis Pérez-García and Ortega
2013Palaeochersis talampayensis Pérez-García and Murelaga
2014Palaeochersis talampayensis de la Fuente et al.
2017Palaeochersis talampayensis Joyce
2020Palaeochersis talampayensis de la Fuente et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
genusPalaeochersis
speciestalampayensis

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.

Palaeochersis talampayensis Rougier et al. 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Argentina (La Rioja) Palaeochersis talampayensis (type locality: 105693)