Dyoplax
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dyoplax is an extinct genus of pseudosuchian archosaur, possibly an erpetosuchid. Fossils have been found from the type locality within the upper Schilfsandstein Formation in Stuttgart, Germany. The holotype specimen was a natural cast of a nearly complete skeleton that lacked only parts of the tail and limb bones.[1]
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Dyoplax | |
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Original lithographic illustration of the holotype of Dyoplax arenaceus, from Fraas, 1867 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Suchia |
Family: | †Erpetosuchidae |
Genus: | †Dyoplax Fraas, 1867 |
Type species | |
†Dyoplax arenaceus Fraas, 1867 |
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