Ixalerpeton polesinensis Cabreira et al. 2016 (ornithodiran)

Reptilia - Lagerpetidae - Lagerpetidae

Full reference: S. F. Cabreira, A. W. A. Kellner, S. Dias-da-Silva, L. R. Silva, M. Bronzati, J. C. A. Marsola, R. T. Müller, J. S. Bittencourt, B. J. Batista, T. Raugust, R. Carrilho, A. Brodt, and M. C. Langer. 2016. A unique Late Triassic dinosauromorph assemblage reveals dinosaur ancestral anatomy and diet. Current Biology 26(22):3090-3095

Belongs to Ixalerpeton according to S. F. Cabreira et al. 2016

See also Marsh 2018, Martz and Small 2019, Moro et al. 2020 and Müller and Garcia 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ULBRA-PVT059, a partial skeleton (Partially articulated skeleton including skull roof, braincase, 23 pre-sacral, two sacral, and nine tail vertebrae, right scapula, left humerus, paired pelvic g). Its type locality is Buriol, which is in a Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Buriol

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