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Elessaurus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Elessaurus was named by De-Oliveira et al. (2020). It is not extant. Its type is Elessaurus gondwanoccidens.

It was assigned to Archosauromorpha by De-Oliveira et al. (2020).

Species
E. gondwanoccidens (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Elessaurus De-Oliveira et al.

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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
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
genusElessaurus

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.

G. †Elessaurus De-Oliveira et al. 2020
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†Elessaurus gondwanoccidens De-Oliveira et al. 2020
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Olenekian or 252.17000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) E. gondwanoccidens (99234)