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Zygosaurus lucius

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Zygosaurus lucius was named by Eichwald (1848). Its type specimen is Location unknown and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Klyuchevskiy Rudnik-1, PIN 296, 1954, which is in an Urzhumian terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Zygosaurus lucius Eichwald
1856Zygosaurus lucius Quenstedt p. 118
2014Zygosaurus lucius Schoch and Milner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Olsoniformes
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
—Eucacopinae
genusZygosaurusEichwald 1848
speciesluciusEichwald 1848

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.

†Zygosaurus lucius Eichwald 1848
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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: ground dwellinguc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2011-01-30 12:48:41
Modified: 2011-01-29 19:48:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Reisz et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Urzhumian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Zygosaurus lucius (type locality: 187931)