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Plagioscutum ochevi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae

Taxonomy
Plagioscutum ochevi was named by Shishkin (1986). Its type specimen is PIN 2430/80, a set of postcrania (Clavicle), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Perovka, PIN 2430 (Locality 35), which is in an Anisian terrestrial claystone in the Donguz Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Plagioscutum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Plagioscutum ochevi Shishkin

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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()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyPlagiosauridae
—Plagiosuchinae
genusPlagioscutumShishkin 1986
speciesocheviShishkin 1986

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.

†Plagioscutum ochevi Shishkin 1986
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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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation (Orenburg) Plagioscutum ochevi (97409 type locality: 189562)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Plagioscutum ochevi (97414)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Kazakhstan Plagioscutum ochevi (189564)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Plagioscutum ochevi (97415)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Russian Federation (Orenburg) Plagioscutum ochevi (28850 93156)