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Lasasaurus âśť

Description

Lasasaurus is an extinct genus of procolophonid parareptile known from the Early Triassic Middle Sakamena Formation, of northern Madagascar.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8531979https://www.gbif.org/species/8531979
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)266667https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=266667
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Procolophonidae : Lasasaurus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassParareptiliaOlson 1947
-Procolophonomorpha
-Procolophonia
superfamilyProcolophonoideaRomer 1956
familyProcolophonidaeLydekker 1889
genusLasasaurusFalconnet Andriamihaja Läng & Steyer 2012
Scientific NameLasasaurus Falconnet, Andriamihaja, Läng & Steyer, 2012
Name Published InArticle title: First procolophonid (Reptilia, Parareptilia) from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Lasasaurusgenusbelongs to Procolophonidaestated with evidenceFalconnet et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance252 - 247 Ma
Phanerozoic
Last Recorded Appearance252 - 247 Ma
Phanerozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Falconnet, M. Andriamihaja, and É. Läng, J. S. Steyer. 2012. First procolophonid (Reptilia, Parareptilia) from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar. Comptes Rendus Palevol 11:357-369
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasasaurus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Lasasaurus beltanae âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1252 Ma
Permian
252 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2012Lasasaurus Falconnet et al. p. 358

References

Falconnet J., Andriamihaja M., et al (2012) First procolophonid (Reptilia, Parareptilia) from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar, Comptes Rendus Palevol 11, 357-369
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
inferred from original work (title)/web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Mar 2015) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Comptes Rendus Palevol 11: -. [357-369] - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Article title: First procolophonid (Reptilia, Parareptilia) from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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