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Benthosuchus bystrowi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Benthosuchus bystrowi was named by Getmanov (1989). Its type specimen is PIN 3783/1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Unzha River Basin, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Rybinsk Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Benthosuchus bystrowi Getmanov
2001Benthosuchus bystrowi Damiani p. 388

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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
speciesbystrowiGetmanov 1989

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 bystrowi Getmanov 1989
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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: Olenekian or 251.20000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Kostroma) Benthosuchus bystrowi (type locality: 197697)