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Peneteius aquilonius

Reptilia - Chamopsiidae

Taxonomy
Peneteius aquilonius was named by Estes (1969). Its type specimen is MCZ 3612, a mandible (partial right dentary with four teeth and the bases of four others), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bug Creek Anthills, which is in a Maastrichtian coarse channel fill sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Peneteius aquilonius Estes
1970Peneteius aquilonius Estes and Berberian p. 5
1983Peneteius aquilonius Estes p. 92 fig. 21a
1989Peneteius aquilonius Bryant p. 45
1991Peneteius aquilonius Gao and Fox
2000Peneteius aquilonius Nydam et al. p. 628
2012Peneteius aquilonius Longrich et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Scincomorpha()
—PolyglyphanodontiaAlifanov 2000
—Borioteiioidea
familyChamopsiidae()
genusPeneteius
speciesaquilonius

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.

†Peneteius aquilonius Estes 1969
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Diagnosis
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