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Elephantosaurus jachimovitschi

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Elephantosaurus jachimovitschi was named by Vjuschkov (1969). Its type specimen is PIN 525/25, a partial skull (Skull roof fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Elephantosaurus.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Fröbisch (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Elephantosaurus jachimovitschi Vjuschkov
2000Elephantosaurus jachimovitschi Battail and Surkov
2008Elephantosaurus jachimovitschi Ivakhnenko
2013Elephantosaurus jachimovitschi Kammerer et al. p. 7

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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
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
orderKannemeyeriiformesHuene 1948
genusElephantosaurusVjuschkov 1969
speciesjachimovitschiVjuschkov 1969

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: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Ladinian or 242.00000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Elephantosaurus jachimovitschi (79970)