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Rigalites

Reptilia - Batrachopodidae

Taxonomy
Rigalites was named by Huene (1931). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Rigalites ischigualastianus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Chirotherium by Klein and Lucas (2021).

It was assigned to Reptilia by Huene (1931); to Ornithischia by Kuhn (1958), Kuhn (1963); to Batrachopodidae by Haubold (1969); to Batrachopodidae by Haubold (1971); to Protosuchia by Haubold (1974); and to Pseudosuchia by Leonardi (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Rigalites Huene p. 112
1958Rigalites Kuhn p. 24
1963Rigalites Kuhn p. 91
1969Rigalites Haubold p. 97
1971Rigalites Haubold p. 63
1974Rigalites Haubold p. 40
1994Rigalites Leonardi p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Aetosauria(Lydekker 1889)
familyBatrachopodidae
genusRigalites

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Rigalites Huene 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:33
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:33
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Argentina (Mendoza) Chirotherium sp. (206089)