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Plagioscutum

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae

Taxonomy
Plagioscutum was named by Shishkin (1986). It is not extant. Its type is Plagioscutum ochevi.

It was assigned to Plagiosauridae by Shishkin et al. (2000); and to Plagiosuchinae by Schoch and Milner (2014).

Species
P. caspiense, P. ochevi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Plagioscutum Shishkin
2000Plagioscutum Shishkin et al.
2014Plagioscutum Schoch and Milner p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyPlagiosauridae
—Plagiosuchinae
genusPlagioscutumShishkin 1986

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.

G. †Plagioscutum Shishkin 1986
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†Plagioscutum caspiense Shishkin 1986
†Plagioscutum ochevi Shishkin 1986
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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Ladinian or 243.33000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation (Orenburg) P. ochevi (97409 189562)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) P. ochevi (97414)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Kazakhstan P. ochevi (189564)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) P. ochevi (97415)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Russian Federation (Orenburg) P. ochevi (28850 93156)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) P. caspiense (79970)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Kazakhstan P. caspiense (189563)