Protanystropheus
| Protanystropheus Temporal range: Middle Triassic, 245–237 Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Protorosauria |
| Family: | †Tanystropheidae |
| Genus: | †Protanystropheus Sennikov, 2011 |
| Type species | |
| †Protanystropheus antiquus Huene, 1905 [originally Tanystropheus antiquus]) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Thecodontosaurus primus Huene, 1908 | |
Protanystropheus is an extinct genus of tanystropheid protorosaur from the Middle Triassic (Anisian stage) of Poland, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. It was named by Sennikov in 2011 and the type species is Protanystropheus antiquus. P. antiquus used to be called to as Tanystropheus antiquus, and was first described in 1908 by German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene.[1]
References
- ↑ Sennikov, A. G. (2011). "New tanystropheids (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) from the Triassic of Europe". Paleontological Journal. 45 (1): 90–104. doi:10.1134/S0031030111010151.
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