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Karaurus sharovi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Karauridae

Taxonomy
Karaurus sharovi was named by Ivachnenko (1978). Its type specimen is PIN 2585/2, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aulie, Mikhailovka, Karatau [PIN Loc. 2585], which is in an Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Karaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Karaurus sharovi Ivachnenko
1981Karaurus sharovi Estes p. 10
1988Karaurus sharovi Nessov p. 477
2000Karaurus sharovi Shishkin p. 305

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyKarauridaeIvachnenko 1978
genusKaraurusIvachnenko 1978
speciessharoviIvachnenko 1978

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.

†Karaurus sharovi Ivachnenko 1978
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Diagnosis
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