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 | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Family: | †Lagerpetidae |
Genus: | †Ixalerpeton Cabreira et al., 2016 |
Species: | †I. polesinensis
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Binomial name | |
†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]