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Archosaurus rossicus

Reptilia - Proterosuchidae

Taxonomy
Archosaurus rossicus was named by Tatarinov (1960). Its type specimen is PIN 1100/55, a maxilla (incomplete left premaxillary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vyazniki Localities, PIN 1100, which is in a Vyatkian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Archosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Archosaurus rossicus Tatarinov
1967Archosaurus rossicus Charig p. 708
1976Archosaurus rossicus Charig and Sues p. 16
2000Archosaurus rossicus Gower and Sennikov p. 142 fig. 8.2
2014Archosaurus rossicus Ezcurra et al.
2016Archosaurus rossicus Ezcurra

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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()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
familyProterosuchidaeBroom 1906
genusArchosaurusTatarinov 1960
speciesrossicusTatarinov 1960

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.

Archosaurus rossicus Tatarinov 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Vyatkian or 259.51000 to 257.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vyatkian259.51 - 257.4Russian Federation (Vladimir) Archosaurus rossicus (type locality: 86346 189402)