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Perplexisaurus lepusculus

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Perplexisauridae

Taxonomy
Perplexisaurus lepusculus was named by Ivakhnenko (2011). Its type specimen is PIN 520/23, a maxilla (Middle part of a right maxilla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Malyi Uran, Malaya Uran, PIN 520, which is in an Urzhumian/Severodvinian deltaic sandstone in the Amanakskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Perplexisaurus lepusculus Ivakhnenko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamilyPerplexisauroideaTatarinov 2000
familyPerplexisauridaeTatarinov 2000
genusPerplexisaurus
specieslepusculus

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.

Perplexisaurus lepusculus Ivakhnenko 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Urzhumian to the top of the Early/Lower Severodvinian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian266.9 - 259.51Russian Federation (Orenburg) Porosteognathus sp. (type locality: 187191)