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Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Tupilakosauridae

Taxonomy
Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis was named by Shishkin (1961). Its type specimen is PIN 1025/1, a skull (complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spasskoye settlement (Vokhma Formation), PIN 1025, which is in an Induan terrestrial horizon in the Vokhminskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis Shishkin
2013Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis Schoch
2014Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis Schoch and Milner p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Dvinosauria
superfamilyDvinosauroideaSäve-Söderbergh 1935
familyTupilakosauridaeKuhn 1960
genusTupilakosaurus
specieswetlugensis

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.

Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis Shishkin 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Induan or 252.17000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2Russian Federation (Nizhegorod) Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis (type locality: 28396)