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Sharovipteryx mirabilis

Reptilia - Podopterygidae

Taxonomy
Podopteryx mirabilis was named by Sharov (1971). Its type specimen is PIN 2584/8, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Madygen, site 14, which is in a Ladinian/Carnian lacustrine shale in the Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan. It is the type species of Podopteryx, Sharovipteryx.

It was recombined as Sharovipteryx mirabilis by Cowen (1981), Unwin et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Podopteryx mirabilis Sharov
1981Sharovipteryx mirabilis Cowen
2000Sharovipteryx mirabilis Unwin et al. p. 178

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Prolacertiformes(Camp 1945)
familyPodopterygidae
genusSharovipteryx
speciesmirabilis()

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.

Sharovipteryx mirabilis Sharov 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Carnian or 242.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Podopteryx mirabilis (type locality: 115162)