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Nyctiboetus kassini

Reptilia - Nyctiphruretidae

Taxonomy
Nycteroleter kassini was named by Chudinov (1955). Its type specimen is PIN 161/63, a maxilla (first described as a mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shikhovo-Chirki, PIN 161, which is in an Ufimian/Kazanian deltaic limestone in the Pechishchi Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Nyctiboetus kassini by Ivakhnenko et al. (1997).

Synonyms
  • Nyctiboetus liteus was named by Chudinov (1955). Its type specimen is PIN 161/70, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shikhovo-Chirki, PIN 161, which is in an Ufimian/Kazanian deltaic limestone in the Pechishchi Formation of the Russian Federation.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Nyctiboetus kassini by Ivakhnenko et al. (1997).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Nycteroleter kassini Chudinov p. 915 fig. 3
1955Nyctiboetus liteus Chudinov p. 916 fig. 4
1962Nyctiboetus liteus Olson p. 21
1972Nyctiboetus liteus Carroll et al. p. 73
1972Nycteroleter kassini Carroll et al. p. 79
1984Nycteroleter kassini Tverdokhlebova and Ivakhnenko p. 102
1997Nyctiboetus kassini Ivakhnenko et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
familyNyctiphruretidae
subfamilyNyctiphruretinae
genusNyctiboetus
specieskassini()

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.

†Nyctiboetus kassini Chudinov 1955
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Invalid names: Nyctiboetus liteus Chudinov 1955 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ufimian to the top of the Kungurian or 277.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation (Perm) Nyctiboetus kassini (232601)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian277.3 - 266.9Russian Federation (Kirov) Nycteroleter kassini, Nyctiboetus liteus (type locality: 80022)