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Rautiania alexandri

Reptilia - Weigeltisauridae

Taxonomy
Rautiania alexandri was named by Bulanov and Sennikov (2006). Its type specimen is PIN 5130/1, a partial skull (right parietal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kul’chumovo-A, which is in a Severodvinian/Vyatkian lacustrine deltaic horizon in the Vyasovka Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Rautiania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Rautiania alexandri Bulanov and Sennikov p. S567

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Eosuchia()
Neodiapsida
familyWeigeltisauridaeKuhn 1939
genusRautiania
speciesalexandri

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.

Rautiania alexandri Bulanov and Sennikov 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantg
Created: 2009-01-04 11:31:46
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:31:46
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bulanov and Sennikov 2006, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Severodvinian to the top of the Vyatkian or 264.28000 to 257.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Orenburg) Rautiania alexandri (type locality: 85483)