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Molybdopygus arcanus

Osteichthyes - Estemmenosuchidae

Taxonomy
Molybdopygus arcanus was named by Tchudinov (1964). Its type specimen is PIN 2225/1, a set of postcrania (Pelvic girdle and sacrum), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bolshoi Kityak, PIN 2225, which is in an Urzhumian terrestrial horizon in the Belebei Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Molybdopygus arcanus Tchudinov
2000Molybdopygus arcanus Battail and Surkov

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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()
suborderGorgonopsia
infraorderEstemmenosuchida
superfamilyRhopalodontoideaSeeley 1894
familyEstemmenosuchidaeTchudinov 1960
genusMolybdopygusTchudinov 1964
speciesarcanusTchudinov 1964

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.

†Molybdopygus arcanus Tchudinov 1964
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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, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

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 (Kirov) Molybdopygus arcanus (type locality: 189415)