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Benthosuchus lukyanovi

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Benthosuchus lukyanovi was named by Morkovin (2020). Its type specimen is PIN 5618/1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bludnovo, which is in a Triassic terrestrial claystone in the Shilikha Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Benthosuchus lukyanovi Morkovin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
genusBenthosuchusEfremov 1936
specieslukyanovi

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.

Benthosuchus lukyanovi Morkovin 2020
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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Triassic or 251.90200 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Russian Federation (Vologda oblast) Benthosuchus lukyanovi (type locality: 218213)