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Tatrasuchus kulczyckii

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Taxonomy
Tatrasuchus kulczyckii was named by Maryanska and Shishkin (1996). Its type specimen is MZ VIII Va 6, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Koryciska Wielkie ravine, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian shallow subtidal horizon in the Furkaska Formation of Poland. It is the type species of Tatrasuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Tatrasuchus kulczyckii Maryanska and Shishkin
2001Tatrasuchus kulczyckii Damiani p. 425

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
familyMastodonsauridaeLydekker 1885
genusTatrasuchusMaryanska and Shishkin 1996
specieskulczyckiiMaryanska and Shishkin 1996

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.

†Tatrasuchus kulczyckii Maryanska and Shishkin 1996
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Fassanian or 243.33000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Poland Tatrasuchus kulczyckii (type locality: 195215)