Protanystropheus

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]

Protanystropheus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, 245–237 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: †Tanystropheidae
Genus: †Protanystropheus
Sennikov, 2011
Type species
†Protanystropheus antiquus
(Huene, 1908)
[originally Tanystropheus antiquus]
Synonyms

?Thecodontosaurus primus Huene, 1908

References
  1. Sennikov, A. G. (2011). "New tanystropheids (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) from the Triassic of Europe". Paleontological Journal. 45 (1): 90–104. doi:10.1134/S0031030111010151.
  2. Skawiński, T.; Ziegler, M.; Czepiński, Ł.; Szermański, M.; Tałanda, M.; Surmik, D. & Niedźwiedzki, G. (2017). "A re-evaluation of the historical 'dinosaur' remains from the Middle-Upper Triassic of Poland". Historical Biology. 27 (4): 442–472. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1188385.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. Spiekman, S. N. F. & Scheyer, T. M. (2019). Revision of Tanystropheus taxonomy (PDF). XVII Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, 2–6 July 2019. Brussels. p. 111.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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