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Pyozia mesenensis

Osteichthyes - Varanopidae

Taxonomy
Pyozia mesenensis was named by Anderson and Reisz (2004). Its type specimen is PIN 3717/33, a partial skeleton (anterior trunk incl. skull), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ust'-Nyafta, PIN 3717, Lower Mezen' River, which is in a Kazanian/Urzhumian terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Pyozia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Pyozia mesenensis Anderson and Reisz p. 173 figs. 1-3
2008Pyozia mesensis Ivakhnenko p. 97 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
familyVaranopidae()
genusPyozia
speciesmesenensis

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.

†Pyozia mesenensis Anderson and Reisz 2004
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Diagnosis
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