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Plagiorophus paraboliceps

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae

Taxonomy
Plagiosternum paraboliceps was named by Konzhukova (1955). It is not extant. Its type specimen is PIN 415/5, a partial skull (Skull fragment). Its type locality is Starokoltaevo I (Locality 8), which is in a Ladinian channel sandstone in the Bukobay Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Plagiorophus paraboliceps by Schoch and Milner (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Plagiosternum paraboliceps Konzhukova
2014Plagiorophus paraboliceps Schoch and Milner p. 109

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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()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyPlagiosauridae
subfamilyPlagiosterninaeShishkin 1986
genusPlagiorophusKonjukova 1955
speciesparaboliceps(Konzhukova 1955)

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.

†Plagiorophus paraboliceps Konzhukova 1955
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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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Ladinian or 243.33000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation (Orenburg) Plagiosternum paraboliceps (97410)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Plagiosternum paraboliceps (97415)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Plagiosternum paraboliceps (type locality: 79970)