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Phthinosaurus borissiaki

Rhopalodontidae

Taxonomy
Phthinosaurus borissiaki was named by Efremov (1940). Its type specimen is PIN 164/7, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Belebei, PIN 164, which is in an Urzhumian fluvial sandstone in the Belebei Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Phthinosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Phthinosaurus borissiaki Efremov
2000Phthinosaurus borissiaki Battail and Surkov
2003Phthinosaurus borissiaki 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()
suborderGorgonopsia
infraorderEstemmenosuchida
superfamilyRhopalodontoideaSeeley 1894
familyRhopalodontidaeSeeley 1894
genusPhthinosaurusEfremov 1940
speciesborissiakiEfremov 1940

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.

†Phthinosaurus borissiaki Efremov 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Urzhumian or 272.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Samara) Phthinosaurus borissiaki (232602)
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Phthinosuchus borissiaki (type locality: 27341)