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Vjushkovisaurus berdjanensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Vjushkovisaurus berdjanensis was named by Ochev (1982). Its type specimen is PIN 2865/62 (formerly SGU 104/3871), a set of postcrania (12 vertebrae and a complete humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Berdyanka II (locality 32), PIN 2865, which is in an Anisian deltaic sandstone in the Donguz Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Vjushkovisaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Vjushkovisaurus berdjanensis Ochev
2000Vjushkovisaurus berdjanensis Gower and Sennikov

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Rauisuchidae(Huene 1942)
genusVjushkovisaurusOchev 1982
speciesberdjanensisOchev 1982

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) Vjushkovisaurus berdjanensis (type locality: 97409)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Vjushkovisaurus berdjanensis (97415)