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Protognathosaurus (first jaw lizard)

Reptilia - Cetiosauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Protognathus Zhang
1991Protognathosaurus Olshevsky p. 21
1992Protognathus Dong p. 163
1992Protognathosaurus Olshevsky p. 179
1997Protognathosaurus Dong p. 793
1998Protognathosaurus Dong p. 80
1999Protognathosaurus Martin-Rolland p. 310
2005Protognathosaurus Peng et al.
2010Protognathosaurus Li et al. p. 199
2011Protognathosaurus Li et al. p. 23

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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
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
familyCetiosauridae
genusProtognathosaurus

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. †Protognathosaurus Olshevsky 1991 [first jaw lizard]
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Invalid names: Protognathus Zhang 1988 [replaced]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Peng et al. 2005As for type species Protognathosaurus oxyodon (Zhang, 1988).