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Orenburgia bruma

Reptilia - Procolophonidae

Taxonomy
Orenburgia bruma was named by Ivakhnenko (1983). Its type specimen is PIN 3952/1, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Nikolai, Admiralty Peninsula, North Island of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Admiralty Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Orenburgia bruma Ivakhnenko p. 131 fig. 2
1991Orenburgia bruma Novikov p. 76 figs. 2v, g
2000Orenburgia bruma Spencer and Benton pp. 171, 175 figs. 9.10C, D
2008Orenburgia bruma Ivakhnenko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
superfamilyProcolophonoidea
familyProcolophonidae
subfamilyProcolophoninae
genusOrenburgia
speciesbruma

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.

Orenburgia bruma Ivakhnenko 1983
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
I. V. Novikov 1991Translated: [Skull length about 4 cm. Number of teeth in palatal tooth rows: ten along interpterygoid vacuity, five on posteromedial portion of palatine, one or two along medial suture of vomer, seven to nine on anterior portion of vomer. Ratio between height of highest molariform and maximum height of dentary equals two. Molariforms on lower jaw stand close together.]