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Vytshegdosuchus zheshartensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Vytshegdosuchus zheshartensis was named by Sennikov (1988). Its type specimen is PIN 3361/134, a set of postcrania (Right ilium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zheshart, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Yarenskian Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Vytshegdosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Vytshegdosuchus zheshartensis Sennikov
2000Vytshegdosuchus zheshartensis Gower and Sennikov

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
genusVytshegdosuchusSennikov 1988
specieszheshartensisSennikov 1988

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Olenekian or 251.20000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Komi) Vytshegdosuchus zheshartensis (type locality: 85454)