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Luzocephalus blomi

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Lydekkerinidae

Taxonomy
Luzocephalus blomi was named by Shishkin (1980). Its type specimen is PIN 3784/1, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Luza River, PIN 3784, which is in a Vokhmian terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Luzocephalus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Luzocephalus blomi Shishkin
2000Luzocephalus blomi Schoch and Milner p. 78
2000Luzocephalus blomi Shishkin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
familyLydekkerinidae
genusLuzocephalusShishkin 1980
speciesblomiShishkin 1980

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.

Luzocephalus blomi Shishkin 1980
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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: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Vokhmian or 251.90200 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vokhmian251.902 - 246.7Russian Federation (Kirov) Luzocephalus blomi (type locality: 187383)