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Procerosaurus cruralis

Reptilia - Tanystropheidae

Taxonomy
Procerosaurus cruralis was named by Huene (1902). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Olmühle, Crailsheim, which is in a Triassic terrestrial horizon in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Procerosaurus cruralis Huene p. 64 fig. Pl.9:1
1914Procerosaurus cruralis Huene p. 12
1938Procerosaurus cruralis Schmidt p. 124
1939Procerosaurus cruralis Kuhn p. 35
1971Procerosaurus cruralis Kuhn p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
familyTanystropheidaeGervais 1859
genusProcerosaurusvon Meyer 1852
speciescruralis

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.

†Procerosaurus cruralis Huene 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: piscivoreg
Created: 2011-03-27 21:49:13
Modified: 2011-03-27 05:49:13
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Renesto 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Triassic or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Procerosaurus cruralis (type locality: 187582)