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Rabidosaurus cristatus

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia - Kannemeyeriidae

Taxonomy
Rabidosaurus cristatus was named by Kalandadze (1970). Its type specimen is PIN 952/100, a skull (Almost complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Donguz I, PIN 952, which is in an Illyrian fluvial-deltaic sandstone/conglomerate in the Donguz Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Rabidosaurus.

Entered
by R. Butler on 2010-08-05; modified by R. Butler on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Rabidosaurus cristatus Kalandadze
2000Rabidosaurus cristatus Battail and Surkov
2008Rabidosaurus cristatus Ivakhnenko
2009Rabidosaurus cristatus Fröbisch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
—DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
—Kannemeyeriiformes(Huene 1948)
familyKannemeyeriidaeHuene 1948
genusRabidosaurusKalandadze 1970
speciescristatusKalandadze 1970

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.

†Rabidosaurus cristatus Kalandadze 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Rabidosaurus cristatus (97415)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Russian Federation (Orenburg) Rabidosaurus cristatus (type locality: 28850)