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Australobarbarus platycephalus

Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae

Taxonomy
Australobarbarus platycephalus was named by Kurkin (2000). Its type specimen is PIN, no. 4678/3, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Port Kotelnich, PIN 4678, which is in a Severodvinian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Urpalov Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Australobarbarus platycephalus Kurkin
2003Australobarbarus platycephalus Ivakhnenko
2008Australobarbarus platycephalus 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
familyCryptodontidae()
Oudenodontidae()
genusAustralobarbarus
speciesplatycephalus

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 20:33:20
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:20
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Severodvinian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Kirov) Australobarbarus platycephalus (type locality: 119783)