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Obirkovia gladiator

Reptilia - Elginiidae

Taxonomy
Obirkovia gladiator was named by Bulanov and Yashina (2005). Its type specimen is PIN 4546/18, a partial skull (left quadratojugal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Obirkovo, which is in a Severodvinian/Vyatkian terrestrial conglomerate in the Salarevo Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Obirkovia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Obirkovia gladiator Bulanov and Yashina p. 429 fig. 2
2008Obirkovia gladiator Ivakhnenko p. 74 fig. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
—Procolophonomorpha()
—Procolophonia()
—Hallucicrania
superfamilyPareiasauroideaNopsca 1928
—Pareiasauria()
familyElginiidae
genusObirkovia
speciesgladiator

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.

†Obirkovia gladiator Bulanov and Yashina 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available