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Paranecrosaurus feisti

Reptilia - Palaeovaranidae

Taxonomy
Saniwa feisti was named by Stritzke (1983) [A species of the genus Saniwa with a long, rugose [“beknotetem”] frontal, a dentary with multiple perforations, long tail, and rudimentary zygosphene-zygantrum, as well as tall neural spines of the thoracic vertebrae and anterior caudal vertebrae. ]. Its type specimen is SMF ME-A 160, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel Pit (Senckenberg SMF collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Paranecrosaurus.

It was recombined as Paranecrosaurus feisti by Smith and Habersetzer (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Saniwa feisti Stritzke
2021Paranecrosaurus feisti Smith and Habersetzer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
familyPalaeovaranidaeGeorgalis 2017
genusParanecrosaurus
speciesfeisti()

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.

†Paranecrosaurus feisti Stritzke 1983
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. T. Smith and J. Habersetzer 2021Palaeovaranid with the following combination of characters: nearly all scales keeled; head scales smaller than body scales; two paired, longitudinal rows of enlarged nuchal scales; caudal autotomy planes lacking; two transverse
rows of scales per caudal vertebra; parietal nuchal fossa wide and broadly exposed dorsally; lacrimal boss present; supratemporal shelf partly closes supratemporal fenestra from behind; pterygoid teeth arranged as patch; posterior-most mental foramen of dentary enlarged; tooth bases expanded; posterior (secondary) coracoid emargination present; and pectineal tubercle of pubis about equal distance between pubic symphysis and acetabulum.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: MP 11 or 48.60000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Saniwa feisti (type locality: 120798)