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Kashmirosaurus ornatus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Archegosauridae

Taxonomy
Archegosaurus ornatus was named by Woodward (1905). It is not extant. Its type specimen is GSI 8672, a partial skull. Its type locality is Khunmu, Kashmir, which is in an Artinskian terrestrial horizon in the Mamal Formation of India.

It was recombined as Kashmirosaurus ornatus by Werneburg and Schneider (1996), Schoch and Milner (2000).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Archegosaurus ornatus Woodward p. 12 figs. Pl 10, figs 4,5
1960Archegosaurus kashmiriensis Tewari
1996Kashmirosaurus ornatus Werneburg and Schneider
2000Kashmirosaurus ornatus Schoch and Milner p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
superfamilyArchegosauroideavon Meyer 1857
familyArchegosauridaevon Meyer 1857
genusKashmirosaurusWerneburg and Schneider 1996
speciesornatus()

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.

†Kashmirosaurus ornatus Woodward 1905
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Invalid names: Archegosaurus kashmiriensis Tewari 1960 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Artinskian or 298.90000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1India (Kashmir) Archegosaurus ornatus, Kashmirosaurus ornatus, Archegosaurus kashmiriensis (27263)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3India (Jammu and Kashmir) Archegosaurus ornatus (type locality: 180867)