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Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi

Reptilia - Drepanosauridae

Taxonomy
Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi was named by Alifanov and Kurochkin (2011). Its type specimen is PIN 2584/12, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body 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 Kyrgyzsaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi Alifanov and Kurochkin p. 640 figs. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Drepanosauromorpha
familyDrepanosauridae
genusKyrgyzsaurus
speciesbukhanchenkoi

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.

†Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi Alifanov and Kurochkin 2011
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Carnian or 241.46400 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi (type locality: 115162)