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Benthosuchus gusevae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Benthosuchus gusevae was named by Novikov (2012). Its type specimen is SOIKM KMK K_23420, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alekseevka 1, which is in a Triassic terrestrial horizon in the Kamennyi Yar Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Benthosuchus gusevae Novikov p. 404

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
genusBenthosuchusEfremov 1936
speciesgusevae

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.

†Benthosuchus gusevae Novikov 2012
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Triassic or 252.17000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Russian Federation (Samara) Benthosuchus gusevae (type locality: 141240)