Zarcasaurus

Extinct genus of tetrapods

Zarcasaurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Araeoscelidia
Family: Araeoscelidae
Genus: Zarcasaurus
Brinkman et al. 1984[1]
Type species
Zarcasaurus tanyderus
Species[1]
  • Zarcasaurus tanyderus

Zarcasaurus tanyderus is a species of araeoscelidian tetrapods found in the Cutler Formation (Early Permian) of New Mexico.[1] The only elements of the skeleton known from this animal is a partial jaw bone, vertebrae, and broken limb bones.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Brinkman, Donald B.; Berman, David S.; Eberth, David A. (1984). "A new araeoscelid reptile, Zarcasaurus tanyderus, from the Cutler Formation (Lower Permian) of north-central New Mexico". New Mexico Geology. 6: 34–39.
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Reptiliomorpha (Pan‑Amniota)
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Clade: Osteichthyes
  • Clade: Sarcopterygii
  • Clade: Tetrapoda
Tetrapodomorpha
    • see Tetrapodomorpha
Reptiliomorpha
    • see below↓
Chroniosuchia?
Bystrowianidae
Chroniosuchidae
Seymouriamorpha?
"Microsauria"?
Diadectomorpha?
Diadectidae
"Protorothyrididae"
Araeoscelidia
Captorhinidae
Moradisaurinae
Amniota
(crown group)
Synapsida (Pan‑Mammalia)
Sauropsida (Pan‑Reptilia)
Bystrowiana permira

Seymouria baylorensis Westlothiana lizziae Diadectes sideropelicus Petrolacosaurus kansensis

Labidosaurus hamatus
Taxon identifiers
Zarcasaurus


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