Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Perplexisaurus foveatus

Therocephalia - Perplexisauridae

Taxonomy
Perplexisaurus foveatus was named by Tatarinov (1997). Its type specimen is PIN no. 2212/15, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kotelnich, Vjatka River ("Sarmin" series), PIN 2212, which is in a Severodvinian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Urpalov Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Perplexisaurus foveatus Tatarinov p. 90 figs. 1-4, Pl. 7
2000Chlynovia serridentatus Tatarinov
2008Chlynovia serridentatus Tatarinov
2008Perplexisaurus foveatus Tatarinov
2011Perplexisaurus foveatus Ivakhnenko

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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()
orderTherocephalia
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamilyPerplexisauroideaTatarinov 2000
familyPerplexisauridaeTatarinov 2000
genusPerplexisaurus
speciesfoveatus

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.

†Perplexisaurus foveatus Tatarinov 1997
show all | hide all
Invalid names: Chlynovia serridentatus Tatarinov 2000 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Early/Lower Severodvinian or 265.00000 to 252.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Severodvinian265.0 - 252.3Russian Federation (Kirov) Perplexisaurus foveatus, Chlynovia serridentatus (type locality: 28854)