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Proterochampsa barrionuevoi

Reptilia - Proterochampsidae

Taxonomy
Proterochampsa barrionuevoi was named by Reig (1959). Its type specimen is PVL 2063, a skull (skull with mandibles and five presacral vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hoyada de Ischiqualasto, middle third, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial horizon in the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Proterochampsa barrionuevoi Reig
1967Proterochampsa barrionuevoi Charig p. 710
2012Proterochampsa barrionuevoi Dilkes and Arcucci
2013Proterochampsa barrionuevoi Trotteyn et al.
2016Proterochampsa barrionuevoi Ezcurra

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—ProterochampsiaKischlat 2000
familyProterochampsidae
genusProterochampsa
speciesbarrionuevoi

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Argentina (San Juan) Proterochampsa barrionuevoi (92315 type locality: 92316)