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Ixalerpeton polesinensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Ixalerpeton polesinensis was named by Cabreira et al. (2016). Its type specimen is 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), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Buriol, which is in a Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Ixalerpeton polesinensis Cabreira et al.
2018Ixalerpeton polesinensis Marsh p. 1
2019Ixalerpeton polesinensis Martz and Small p. 58 fig. 25
2020Ixalerpeton polesinensis Moro et al.
2021Ixalerpeton polesinensis Müller and Garcia p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
Lagerpetidae()
genusIxalerpeton
speciespolesinensis

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.

Ixalerpeton polesinensis Cabreira et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Ixalerpeton polesinensis (type locality: 175578)