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Tichvinskia burtensis

Reptilia - Procolophonidae

Taxonomy
Tichvinskia burtensis was named by Ochev (1958). Its type specimen is PIN 2394/12 (formerly SGU 104/2), a mandible (fragmentary left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kzyl Sai ravine, which is in an Olenekian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Petropavlovka Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Tichvinskia.

It was recombined as Burtensia burtensis by Ivakhnenko (1975), Ivakhnenko (1976), Novikov (1991), Ivakhnenko (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Tichvinskia burtensis Ochev p. 488 fig. 3
1975Burtensia burtensis Ivakhnenko p. 89
1976Burtensia burtensis Ivakhnenko p. 87
1991Burtensia burtensis Novikov p. 74 figs. 1a, b
2000Tichvinskia burtensis Spencer and Benton
2008Burtensia burtensis Ivakhnenko

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

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 burtensis Ochev 1958
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
I. V. Novikov 1991Translated: [Height of dentary is less than that of large molariforms. Teeth stand close together.]
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, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Olenekian or 249.90000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Orenburg) Burtensia burtensis (94369) Tichvinskia burtensis (type locality: 93205)