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Teyujagua paradoxa

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Teyujagua paradoxa was named by Pinheiro et al. (2016). Its type specimen is UNIPAMPA 653, a skull (almost complete, well-preserved skull with associated cervical vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sítio Bica São Tomé 5, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in the Sanga do Cabral Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Teyujagua.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Teyujagua paradoxa Pinheiro et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
genusTeyujagua
speciesparadoxa

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.

†Teyujagua paradoxa Pinheiro et al. 2016
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Olenekian or 251.90200 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Teyujagua paradoxa (type locality: 99234)