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Pelorocephalus mendozensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Chigutisauridae

Taxonomy
Pelorocephalus mendozensis was named by Cabrera (1944). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MLP 44-VII-5-1, a skull. It is the type species of Pelorocephalus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Pelorocephalus mendozensis Cabrera
1948Chigutisaurus tunuyanensis Rusconi
2000Pelorocephalus mendozensis Schoch and Milner p. 88
2000Pelorocephalus mendozensis Warren and Marsicano p. 471

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyChigutisauridaeRusconi 1951
genusPelorocephalusCabrera 1944
speciesmendozensisCabrera 1944

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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Invalid names: Chigutisaurus tunuyanensis Rusconi 1948 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available