| Ixalerpeton Temporal range: Carnian
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| Skeletal diagram of Ixalerpeton polesinensis, known remains depicted in white, unknown (in dark grey) is reconstructed after other lagerpetids such as Lagerpeton and Dromomeron. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Family: | †Lagerpetidae |
| Genus: | †Ixalerpeton Cabreira et al., 2016 |
| Species: | †I. polesinensis
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| †Ixalerpeton polesinensis Cabreira et al., 2016
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Ixalerpeton (meaning "leaping reptile") is a genus of lagerpetid avemetatarsalian containing one species, I. polesinensis. It lived in the Late Triassic of Brazil alongside the sauropodomorph dinosaur Buriolestes.[1]
- ^ Cabreira, S.F.; Kellner, A.W.A.; Dias-da-Silva, S.; da Silva, L.R.; Bronzati, M.; de Almeida Marsola, J.C.; Müller, R.T.; de Souza Bittencourt, J.; Batista, B.J.; Raugust, T.; Carrilho, R.; Brodt, A.; Langer, M.C. (2016). "A Unique Late Triassic Dinosauromorph Assemblage Reveals Dinosaur Ancestral Anatomy and Diet". Current Biology. 26 (22): 3090–3095. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.09.040. PMID 27839975.