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Eryosuchus tverdochlebovi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Eryosuchus tverdochlebovi was named by Ochev (1966). Its type specimen is PIN 4166/89 (formerly SGU 103/3090), a skeleton (Skull and postcranial material), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Donguz I, PIN 952, which is in an Anisian fluvial-deltaic sandstone/conglomerate in the Donguz Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Eryosuchus.

Synonyms
  • Eryosuchus garjainovi was named by Ochev (1966). Its type specimen is PIN/SGU 104/3521, a skull (Complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Berdyanka II (locality 32), PIN 2865, which is in an Anisian deltaic sandstone in the Donguz Formation of the Russian Federation.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Eryosuchus tverdochlebovi by Damiani (2001).
  • Eryosuchus antiquus was named by Ochev (1966). It is not extant. Its type specimen is PIN 2973/65 (formerly SGU 104/3515), a mandible (Lower jaw fragment). Its type locality is Karagachka (locality 34), PIN 2973, which is in an Anisian deltaic sandstone in the Donguz Formation of the Russian Federation.

    It was considered a nomen dubium by Schoch and Milner (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Eryosuchus tverdochlebovi by Damiani (2001).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Eryosuchus antiquus Ochev
1966Eryosuchus garjainovi Ochev
1966Eryosuchus tverdochlebovi Ochev
2000Eryosuchus tverdochlebovi Schoch and Milner p. 111
2000Eryosuchus garjainovi Schoch and Milner p. 145
2001Eryosuchus tverdochlebovi Damiani pp. 408-409
2013Eryosuchus garjainovi Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
Capitosauroidea()
genusEryosuchusOchev 1966
speciestverdochleboviOchev 1966

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.

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Invalid names: Eryosuchus antiquus Ochev 1966 [synonym], Eryosuchus garjainovi Ochev 1966 [synonym]
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: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) Eryosuchus antiquus (97410) Eryosuchus garjainovi (97409) Eryosuchus garjainovi, Labyrinthodontia indet. (type locality: 28850) Eryosuchus tverdochlebovi, Eryosuchus garjainovi (189562)