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Estesina elegans

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae

Taxonomy
Estesina elegans was named by Ročec and Nessov (1993). Its type specimen is LU-N5/172, a maxilla (posterior part of right maxilla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CBI-4b, Dzharakuduk II, which is in a Turonian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. It is the type species of Estesina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Estesina elegans Ročec and Nessov p. 30
2000Estesina elegans Shishkin p. 304

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
familyDiscoglossidaeGünther 1859
genusEstesina
specieselegans

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.

†Estesina elegans Ročec and Nessov 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available