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Komatosuchus chalyshevi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Taxonomy
Komatosuchus chalyshevi was named by Novikov and Shishkin (1992). Its type specimen is PIN 4370/2, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PIN 4370, Hey Yaga River, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial sandstone in the Nyadeytinskaya Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Komatosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Komatosuchus chalyshevi Novikov and Shishkin
2001Komatosuchus chalyshevi Damiani p. 437

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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
genusKomatosuchus
specieschalyshevi

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.

Komatosuchus chalyshevi Novikov and Shishkin 1992
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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, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Olenekian or 251.20000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Arkhangel'sk) Komatosuchus chalyshevi (type locality: 189553)