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Delectosaurus berezhanensis

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Delectosaurus berezhanensis was named by Kurkin (2001). Its type specimen is PIN no. 1536/2, a partial skull (preorbital part of skull, anterior part of the parietal region and right half of the occiput are preserved; missing part of the mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Berezhane, PIN 1536, which is in a Vyatkian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Delectosaurus berezhanensis Kurkin p. 54
2008Delectosaurus berezhanensis Ivakhnenko

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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()
DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
genusDelectosaurus
speciesberezhanensis

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
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