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Proterochersis limendorsa

Reptilia - Proterochersidae

Taxonomy
Keuperotesta limendorsa was named by Szczygielski and Sulej (2016). Its type specimen is SMNS 17757, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rudersberg, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Proterochersis limendorsa by Joyce (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Keuperotesta limendorsa Szczygielski and Sulej p. 413 figs. 9-11
2017Proterochersis limendorsa Joyce

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
familyProterochersidaeNopcsa 1928
genusProterochersis
specieslimendorsa()

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.

Proterochersis limendorsa Szczygielski and Sulej 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available