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Aviturus exsecratus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Aviturus exsecratus was named by Gubin (1991). Its type specimen is PIN 4357/27, a mandible (Almost complete left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aguy-Dats-Bulak [SMPE], which is in a Gashatan terrestrial horizon in the Naran Bulak Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Aviturus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Aviturus exsecratus Gubin p. 94
1991Ulanurus fractus Gubin p. 99

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
—Cryptobranchoidea
familyCryptobranchidaeCope 1889
subfamilyAviturinae
genusAviturus
speciesexsecratus

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.

†Aviturus exsecratus Gubin 1991
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Invalid names: Ulanurus fractus Gubin 1991 [synonym]
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, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Gashatan or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gashatan59.24 - 56.0Mongolia (Omnogovi) Aviturus exsecratus, Ulanurus fractus (type locality: 142316)