Protanystropheus

Protanystropheus; Temporal range: Middle Triassic, 245–237 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Protorosauria
Family:	†Tanystropheidae
Genus:	†Protanystropheus; Sennikov, 2011
Type species
	<templatestyles src="Noitalic/styles.css"/>†Protanystropheus antiquus; Huene, 1905 [originally Tanystropheus antiquus])
Synonyms
	Thecodontosaurus primus Huene, 1908

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Protanystropheus is an extinct genus of tanystropheid protorosaur from the Middle Triassic (Anisian stage) of Poland, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. It was named by Sennikov in 2011 and the type species is Protanystropheus antiquus. P. antiquus used to be called to as Tanystropheus antiquus, and was first described in 1908 by German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene.^[1]