Parapytanga

Parapytanga

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Stereospondyli

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Ordo: †Temnospondyli Subordo: †Eutemnospondyli Subordo: †Rhachitomi Cladus: †Eryopiformes Cladus: †Limnarchia Cladus: †Stereospondylomorpha Subordo: †Stereospondyli

Familia: †Rhinesuchidae
Genus: †Parapytanga
Species: †P. catarinensis

Name

Parapytanga Strapasson, Pinheiro & Soares, 2015

Type species: Parapytanga catarinensis Strapasson, Pinheiro & Soares, 2015

Etymology: from Old Tupi pará (“river”) + pytang (“reddish”) [Strapasson, Pinheiro & Soares, 2015: 845]

References

Primary references

• Strapasson, A., Pinheiro, F.L. & Soares, M.B. 2015. On a new stereospondylomorph temnospondyl from the Middle–Late Permian of Southern Brazil. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(4): 843–855. DOI: 10.4202/app.00059.2014 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Eltink, E., Schoch, R. & Langer, M.C. 2019. Interrelationships, palaeobiogeography and early evolution of Stereospondylomorpha (Tetrapoda: Temnospondyli). Journal of Iberian Geology 45(2): 251–267. DOI: 10.1007/s41513-019-00105-z . Reference page. 

Links

• Parapytanga – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

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