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Palaeopleurosaurus
Taxonomy
Palaeopleurosaurus was named by Carroll (1985) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. Its type is Palaeopleurosaurus posidoniae.
It was assigned to Spheodontia by Sepkoski (2002); to Rhynchocephalia by Rauhut et al. (2012); to Sphenodontidae by Reynoso (2000), Apesteguía and Novas (2003) and Apesteguia et al. (2012); and to Pleurosauridae by Carroll (1988), Klein and Scheyer (2017) and Herrera-Flores et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Spheodontia by Sepkoski (2002); to Rhynchocephalia by Rauhut et al. (2012); to Sphenodontidae by Reynoso (2000), Apesteguía and Novas (2003) and Apesteguia et al. (2012); and to Pleurosauridae by Carroll (1988), Klein and Scheyer (2017) and Herrera-Flores et al. (2018).
Species
P. posidoniae (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1985 | Palaeopleurosaurus Carroll p. 2 |
| 1988 | Palaeopleurosaurus Carroll |
| 2000 | Palaeopleurosaurus Reynoso p. 2 |
| 2002 | Palaeopleurosaurus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Palaeopleurosaurus Apesteguía and Novas |
| 2012 | Palaeopleurosaurus Apesteguia et al. |
| 2012 | Palaeopleurosaurus Rauhut et al. |
| 2017 | Palaeopleurosaurus Klein and Scheyer p. 1 |
| 2018 | Palaeopleurosaurus Herrera-Flores et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 182.70000 to 182.00000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Bayern) | P. posidoniae (137135) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | P. posidoniae (114111 114112) | |
| Toarcian | Germany (Oberpfalz) | P. posidoniae (192404) |