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Pelorocephalus tenax

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Chigutisauridae

Taxonomy
Chigutisaurus tenax was named by Rusconi (1949). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pelorocephalus tenax by Schoch and Milner (2000) and Warren and Marsicano (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Chigutisaurus tenax Rusconi
2000Pelorocephalus tenax Schoch and Milner p. 88
2000Pelorocephalus tenax 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
speciestenax(Rusconi 1949)

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.

†Pelorocephalus tenax Rusconi 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available