Inostrancevia alexandri Amalitski 1922 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Inostranceviidae

Synonym: Inostrancevia proclivis Pravoslavlev 1927

Belongs to Inostrancevia according to M. F. Ivakhnenko 2003

See also Battail and Surkov 2000 and Sigogneau-Russell 1989

Sister taxa: Inostrancevia africana, Inostrancevia latifrons, Inostrancevia uralensis

Type specimens:

  • Inostrancevia alexandri: PIN 2005/1578, a skeleton. Its type locality is Sokolki locality, PIN 2005, which is in a Severodvinian/Vyatkian terrestrial horizon in the Salarevo Formation of the Russian Federation.
  • Inostrancevia proclivis: PIN 2005/1858, a skull. Its type locality is Sokolki locality, PIN 2005, which is in a Severodvinian/Vyatkian terrestrial horizon in the Salarevo Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sokolki locality, PIN 2005

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