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Protanystropheus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, 245–237 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Family: Trachelosauridae
Genus: Protanystropheus
Sennikov, 2011
Type species
Protanystropheus antiquus
(Huene, 1908)
[originally Tanystropheus antiquus]
Synonyms

?Thecodontosaurus primus Huene, 1908

Protanystropheus is an extinct genus of tanystropheid archosauromorph 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, first described in 1908 by German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene under the name Tanystropheus antiquus[1] (some authors still prefer to include this species within Tanystropheus[2][3]). Sennikov (2011) referred to Protanystropheus several vertebrae, including those belonging to "Thecodontosaurus" primus,[1] but such a referral has later been questioned, because these specimens may represent other basal archosauromorphs.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Sennikov, A. G. (2011). "New tanystropheids (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) from the Triassic of Europe". Paleontological Journal. 45 (1): 90–104. doi:10.1134/S0031030111010151.
  2. ^ a b "A re-evaluation of the historical 'dinosaur' remains from the Middle-Upper Triassic of Poland". Historical Biology. 27 (4): 442–472. 2017. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1188385. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Revision of Tanystropheus taxonomy (PDF). XVII Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, 2–6 July 2019. Brussels. 2019. p. 111. {{cite conference}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)