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Pyozia mesenensis

Varanopidae

Taxonomy
Pyozia mesenensis was named by Anderson and Reisz (2004). Its type specimen is PIN 3717/33, a partial skeleton (anterior trunk incl. skull), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ust'-Nyafta, PIN 3717, Lower Mezen' River, which is in a Kazanian/Urzhumian terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Pyozia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Pyozia mesenensis Anderson and Reisz p. 173 figs. 1-3
2008Pyozia mesensis Ivakhnenko p. 97 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
familyVaranopidae()
genusPyozia
speciesmesenensis

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.

Pyozia mesenensis Anderson and Reisz 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kazanian to the top of the Urzhumian or 272.50000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kazanian - Urzhumian272.5 - 264.28Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) Pyozia mesenensis (type locality: 187647)