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Tichvinskia vjatkensis

Osteichthyes - Procolophonidae

Taxonomy
Tichvinskia vjatkensis was named by Chudinov and Vjushkov (1956). Its type specimen is PIN 953/1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Okunevo (Fedorovka River), which is in an Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Tichvinskia vjatkensis Chudinov and Vjushkov p. 548 fig. 3
2000Tichvinskia vjatkensis Spencer and Benton p. 167 figs. 9.5-9.7
2008Tichvinskia vjatkensis Ivakhnenko p. 55 figs. 8; Pl. I figs. 3, 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
superfamilyProcolophonoidea
familyProcolophonidae
genusTichvinskia
speciesvjatkensis

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.

Tichvinskia vjatkensis Chudinov and Vjushkov 1956
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. S. Spencer and M. J. Benton 2000'Height of teeth exactly the same as the height of the dentary. Coronoid process of the lower jaw long and wide, adductor pit narrow. Post-dentary part of the mandible narrow and long.' (Ivakhnenko, 1979 p. 15).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Olenekian or 249.90000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Kirov) Tichvinskia vjatkensis (type locality: 93104)