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Silphedosuchus orenburgensis

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Ericiolacertidae

Taxonomy
Silphedosuchus orenburgensis was named by Tatarinov (1977). Its type specimen is PIN 951/100, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rassypnaya locality, PIN 951, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial sandstone/sandstone in the Petropavlovka Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Silphedosuchus orenburgensis Tatarinov
2000Silphedosuchus orenburgensis Battail and Surkov
2008Silphedosuchus orenburgensis Tatarinov
2011Silphedosuchus orenburgensis Ivakhnenko

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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()
orderTherocephalia
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamilyBaurioideaBroom 1911
—Bauriamorpha(Watson)
familyEriciolacertidaeWatson and Romer 1956
genusSilphedosuchusTatarinov 1977
speciesorenburgensisTatarinov 1977

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.

†Silphedosuchus orenburgensis Tatarinov 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: Olenekian or 249.90000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Orenburg) Silphedosuchus orenburgensis (type locality: 98595)