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Tupilakosaurus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Tupilakosauridae

Taxonomy
Tupilakosaurus was named by Nielsen (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Indu-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. Its type is Tupilakosaurus heilmani.

It was assigned to Brachyopidae by Carroll (1988); to Temnospondyli by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tupilakosauridae by Yates and Warren (2000), Schoch (2013), Schoch and Milner (2014).

Species
T. heilmani (type species), T. wetlugensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Tupilakosaurus Nielsen p. 9
1988Tupilakosaurus Carroll
2000Tupilakosaurus Yates and Warren pp. 84, 92
2002Tupilakosaurus Sepkoski
2013Tupilakosaurus Schoch
2014Tupilakosaurus Schoch and Milner p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dvinosauria
superfamilyDvinosauroideaSäve-Söderbergh 1935
familyTupilakosauridaeKuhn 1960
genusTupilakosaurus

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.

G. †Tupilakosaurus Nielsen 1954
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†Tupilakosaurus heilmani Nielsen 1954
†Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis Shishkin 1961
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: Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Induan or 251.90200 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan251.902 - 249.9Russian Federation (Samara) T. sp. (196088 196092)
Induan251.902 - 249.9Greenland (Northeast Greenland National Park) T. heilmani (143882) T. sp. (143883)
Induan251.902 - 249.9Russian Federation (Nizhegorod) T. wetlugensis (28396)
Induan251.902 - 249.9Russian Federation (Orenburg) T. sp. (195805 195811 195820 195824 195834 195852 196033 196034 196045 196047 196052)