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Konzhukovia vetusta

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Konzhukoviidae

Taxonomy
Melosaurus vetustus was named by Konzhukova (1955). Its type specimen is PIN 520/1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Malyi Uran, Malaya Uran, PIN 520, which is in an Urzhumian/Severodvinian deltaic sandstone in the Amanakskaya Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Konzhukovia.

It was recombined as Konzhukovia vetusta by Gubin (1991), Schoch and Milner (2000) and Shishkin et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Konzhukovia vetusta Gubin
2000Konzhukovia vetusta Schoch and Milner
2000Konzhukovia vetusta Shishkin et al. p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
familyKonzhukoviidae
genusKonzhukoviaGubin 1991
speciesvetusta(Konzhukova 1955)

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.

Konzhukovia vetusta Konzhukova 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: Urzhumian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation (Orenburg) Konzhukovia vetusta (85487 179656)
Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian266.9 - 259.51Russian Federation (Orenburg) Melosaurus vetustus (187191)