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Orenburgia

Reptilia - Procolophonidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Orenburgia Ivakhnenko p. 92
1983Orenburgia Ivakhnenko p. 131
1988Orenburgia Carroll
1991Orenburgia Novikov p. 74
1991Lestanshoria Novikov p. 82
1991Samaria Novikov p. 82
1992Insulophon Novikov p. 134
1992Insulophon Novikov and Orlov p. 134
2000Orenburgia Spencer and Benton p. 170
2008Insulophon Ivakhnenko
2008Lestanshoria Ivakhnenko
2008Orenburgia Ivakhnenko
2008Samaria Ivakhnenko

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

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.

G. †Orenburgia Ivakhnenko 1975
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Orenburgia bruma Ivakhnenko 1983
Orenburgia concinna Ivakhnenko 1975
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Invalid names: Insulophon morachovskayae Novikov 1992 [synonym], Lestanshoria massiva Novikov 1991 [synonym]
Orenburgia enigmaticus Chudinov and Vjushkov 1956
Invalid names: Insulophon Novikov 1992 [synonym], Lestanshoria Novikov 1991 [synonym], Samaria Novikov 1991 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
I. V. Novikov and A. N. Orlov 1992 (Insulophon)Translated [Skull rounded-triangular, without sculpturing, woth concave lateral edges. Orbitae strongly expanded posteriorly. Malar arch slender, relatively long. Temporal notch large. Quadratojugals without lateral process. Palate longitudinally flattened, bearing four short tooth rows. Interpterygoidal vacuity narrow. Flange of pterygoid directed downwards by one third of the height of the skull. Pterygoid-quadrate margin of subtemporal window straight. Seven teeth on maxillary, of which at least the four posteriormost ones are molariforms. Dentary low, bearing at least four, relatively small molariforms whose height decrease successively posteriorly. Crowns of the latter ones are slightly expanded transversally. Greatest width is at half level of half of the tooth's height. All teeth acrodont. Adductor fossa of mandible narrow. Coronoid process strongly lexpanded transversally.