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Niaftasuchus zekkeli

Niaftasuchidae

Taxonomy
Niaftasuchus zekkeli was named by Ivakhnenko (1990). Its type specimen is PIN 3717/36, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ust'-Nyafta, PIN 3717, Lower Mezen' River, which is in a Kazanian/Urzhumian terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Niaftasuchus zekkeli Ivakhnenko
2000Niaftasuchus zekkeli Battail and Surkov
2003Niaftasuchus zekkeli Ivakhnenko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
Eutherapsida
suborderDinocephalia
infraorderTapinocephalia
superfamilyNiaftasuchoideaIvakhnenko 1990
familyNiaftasuchidaeIvakhnenko 1990
genusNiaftasuchusIvakhnenko 1990
specieszekkeliIvakhnenko 1990

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.

Niaftasuchus zekkeli Ivakhnenko 1990
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kazanian to the top of the Urzhumian or 274.40000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kazanian - Urzhumian274.4 - 264.28Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) Niaftasuchus zekkeli (type locality: 187647 187648)