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Boreopelta vavilovi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhytidosteidae

Taxonomy
Boreopelta vavilovi was named by Shishkin (1985). It is not extant. Its type specimen is PIN 4115/1, a partial skull. Its type locality is Karya-khos-Teryutekh river, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Teryutekh Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Boreopelta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Boreopelta vavilovi Shishkin
2000Boreopelta vavilovi Schoch and Milner p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
infraorderRhytidostea
superfamilyRhytidosteoidea
familyRhytidosteidaeHuene 1920
subfamilyPeltosteginaeSave-Soderbergh 1935
genusBoreopeltaShishkin 1985
speciesvaviloviShishkin 1985

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.

†Boreopelta vavilovi Shishkin 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available