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Altanulia alifanovi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae

Taxonomy
Altanulia alifanovi was named by Gubin (1993). Its type specimen is PIN 553/300, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Altan Ula II [SMPE] (PIN coll. 553), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Altanulia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Altanulia alifanovi Gubin
2000Altanulia alifanovi Shishkin p. 304

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
familyDiscoglossidaeGünther 1859
genusAltanuliaGubin 1993
speciesalifanoviGubin 1993

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.

Altanulia alifanovi Gubin 1993
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mongolia (Omnogov) Altanulia alifanovi (type locality: 73437)