Protanystropheus

Protanystropheus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, 245–237 Ma
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

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

  1. 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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