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Parotosuchus sequester

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Parotosuchus sequester was named by Lozovsky and Shishkin (1974). Its type specimen is PIN 3300/1, a partial skull, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mangyshlak Peninsula, which is in a Spathian terrestrial horizon in the Tauchik Formation of Kazakhstan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Parotosuchus sequester Lozovsky and Shishkin
2001Parotosuchus sequester Damiani p. 421

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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
Capitosauria
Capitosauroidea()
genusParotosuchusOchev and Shishkin 1968
speciessequesterLozovsky and Shishkin 1974

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.

Parotosuchus sequester Lozovsky and Shishkin 1974
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Kazakhstan Parotosuchus sequester (type locality: 196669)