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Batrachopus argentinus

Reptilia - Batrachopodidae

Taxonomy
Parabatrachopus argentina was named by Lull (1942). Its type specimen is AMNH 1805 and is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Sierra de las Quijadas tracksite, which is in a Neocomian terrestrial sandstone in the Los Jumes Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Batrachopus argentinus by Haubold (1971); it was recombined as Batrachopus argentina by Leonardi (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Parabatrachopus argentina Lull p. 422 figs. Pl. 1:1-2
1971Batrachopus argentinus Haubold p. 61
1981Batrachopus argentina Leonardi p. 934

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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
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Aetosauria(Lydekker 1889)
familyBatrachopodidae
genusBatrachopus
speciesargentinus()

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