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Rabidosaurus cristatus

Anomodontia - Dicynodontidae

Taxonomy
Rabidosaurus cristatus was named by Kalandadze (1970). Its type specimen is PIN 952/100, a skull (Almost complete skull), 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 Rabidosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Rabidosaurus cristatus Kalandadze
2000Rabidosaurus cristatus Battail and Surkov
2008Rabidosaurus cristatus Ivakhnenko
2009Rabidosaurus cristatus Fröbisch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
familyDicynodontidaeOwen 1859
subfamilyKannemeyeriinaeHuene 1948
genusRabidosaurusKalandadze 1970
speciescristatusKalandadze 1970

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.

Rabidosaurus cristatus Kalandadze 1970
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) Rabidosaurus cristatus (type locality: 28850)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Rabidosaurus cristatus (97415)