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Nikkasaurus tatarinovi

Nikkasauridae

Taxonomy
Nikkasaurus tatarinovi was named by Ivakhnenko (2000). Its type specimen is PIN 162/33, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Glyadnaya Shchel'ya, PIN 162, Lower Mezen' River, which is in a Kazanian/Urzhumian terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Nikkasaurus tatarinovi Ivakhnenko
2008Nikkasaurus tatarinovi Ivakhnenko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
infraorderNikkasaurida
familyNikkasauridaeIvakhnenko 2000
genusNikkasaurusIvakhnenko 2000
speciestatarinoviIvakhnenko 2000

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.

†Nikkasaurus tatarinovi Ivakhnenko 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kazanian to the top of the Urzhumian or 272.50000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kazanian - Urzhumian272.5 - 264.28Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) Nikkasaurus tatarinovi (type locality: 187648)