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Orovenator, the Glossary

Orovenator is an extinct genus of diapsid from Lower Permian (Artinskian stage) deposits of Oklahoma, United States.^[1]

39 relations: Acerosodontosaurus, Amniote, Araeoscelidia, Archosauromorpha, Artinskian, Captorhinidae, Cisuralian, Cladogram, Claudiosaurus, Diapsid, Extinction, Genus, Greek language, Heleosaurus, Holotype, Hovasaurus, Lanthanolania, Latin, Lepidosauromorpha, Mammal, Mandible, Oklahoma, Permian, Richards Spur, Robert R. Reisz, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Sauria, Skull, Specific name (zoology), Synapsida, Tangasauridae, Tangasaurus, Tetrapod, Thadeosaurus, Type species, Varanopidae, Vertebra, Youngina, Younginidae.
Artinskian life
Cisuralian reptiles of North America
Diapsids
Permian reptile stubs

Acerosodontosaurus

Acerosodontosaurus is an extinct genus of neodiapsid reptiles that lived during the Late Permian of Madagascar. Orovenator and Acerosodontosaurus are diapsids and Prehistoric reptile genera.

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Amniote

Amniotes are tetrapod vertebrate animals belonging to the clade Amniota, a large group that comprises the vast majority of living terrestrial and semiaquatic vertebrates.

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Araeoscelidia or Araeoscelida is a clade of extinct amniotes (traditionally classified as diapsid reptiles) superficially resembling lizards, extending from the Late Carboniferous to the Early Permian.

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Archosauromorpha

Archosauromorpha (Greek for "ruling lizard forms") is a clade of diapsid reptiles containing all reptiles more closely related to archosaurs (such as crocodilians and dinosaurs, including birds) rather than lepidosaurs (such as tuataras, lizards, and snakes).

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Artinskian

In the geologic timescale, the Artinskian is an age or stage of the Permian.

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Captorhinidae

Captorhinidae is an extinct family of tetrapods, typically considered primitive reptiles, known from the late Carboniferous to the Late Permian.

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Cisuralian

The Cisuralian is the first series/epoch of the Permian.

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Cladogram

A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.

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Claudiosaurus

Claudiosaurus (claudus is Latin for 'lameness' and saurus means 'lizard') is an extinct genus of diapsid reptiles from the Late Permian Sakamena Formation of the Morondava Basin, Madagascar. Orovenator and Claudiosaurus are diapsids and Prehistoric reptile genera.

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Diapsid

Diapsids ("two arches") are a clade of sauropsids, distinguished from more primitive eureptiles by the presence of two holes, known as temporal fenestrae, in each side of their skulls. Orovenator and Diapsid are diapsids.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Heleosaurus

Heleosaurus scholtzi is an extinct species of basal synapsids, known as pelycosaurs, in the family of Varanopidae during the middle Permian.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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Hovasaurus

Hovasaurus is an extinct genus of basal diapsid reptile. Orovenator and Hovasaurus are diapsids, Permian reptile stubs and Prehistoric reptile genera.

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Lanthanolania

Lanthanolania (meaning "forgotten butcher") is an extinct genus of diapsid from Middle Permian (Wordian stage, or uppermost Kazanian in Eastern Europe) deposits of Arkhangel'sk Province, Russia. Orovenator and Lanthanolania are diapsids, Permian reptile stubs and Prehistoric reptile genera.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lepidosauromorpha

Lepidosauromorpha (in PhyloCode known as Pan-Lepidosauria) is a group of reptiles comprising all diapsids closer to lizards than to archosaurs (which include crocodiles and birds).

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Mammal

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.

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Mandible

In jawed vertebrates, the mandible (from the Latin mandibula, 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lowerand typically more mobilecomponent of the mouth (the upper jaw being known as the maxilla).

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Permian

The Permian is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya.

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Richards Spur

Richards Spur is a Permian fossil locality located at the Dolese Brothers Limestone Quarry north of Lawton, Oklahoma.

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Robert R. Reisz

Robert Rafael Reisz is a Canadian paleontologist and specialist in the study of early amniote and tetrapod evolution.

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Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is the officially designated natural history museum for the State of Oklahoma, located on the campus of the University of Oklahoma.

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Sauria

Sauria is the clade containing the most recent common ancestor of Archosauria (which includes crocodilians and birds) and Lepidosauria (which includes squamates and the tuatara), and all its descendants.

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Skull

The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Synapsida

Synapsida is one of the two major clades of vertebrate animals in the group Amniota, the other being the Sauropsida (which includes reptiles and birds).

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Tangasauridae

Tangasauridae is an extinct family of diapsids known from fossil specimens from Madagascar, Kenya and Tanzania that are Late Permian to Early Triassic in age. Orovenator and Tangasauridae are diapsids and Permian reptile stubs.

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Tangasaurus

Tangasaurus is an extinct genus of aquatic basal tangasaurid neodiapsid known from the Late Permian period (late Changhsingian stage) of Tanga, northeastern Tanzania. Orovenator and Tangasaurus are diapsids and Prehistoric reptile genera.

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Tetrapod

A tetrapod is any four-limbed vertebrate animal of the superclass Tetrapoda.

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Thadeosaurus

Thadeosaurus is an extinct genus of diapsid reptile belonging to the family Younginidae. Orovenator and Thadeosaurus are diapsids, Permian reptile stubs and Prehistoric reptile genera.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).

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Varanopidae

Varanopidae is an extinct family of amniotes that resembled monitor lizards and may have filled a similar niche, hence the name.

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Vertebra

Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates.

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Youngina

Youngina (named after John Young (1823–1900)) is an extinct genus of diapsid reptile from the Late Permian Beaufort Group (Tropidostoma-Dicynodon zones) of the Karoo Red Beds of South Africa. Orovenator and Youngina are diapsids and Prehistoric reptile genera.

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Younginidae

Younginidae is an extinct family of diapsid reptiles from the Late Permian and Early Triassic. Orovenator and Younginidae are diapsids.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orovenator

Also known as Orovenator mayorum.

Orovenator, the Glossary

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See also

Artinskian life

Cisuralian reptiles of North America

Diapsids

Permian reptile stubs

References