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Ruthenosaurus russellorum

Caseidae

Taxonomy
Ruthenosaurus russellorum was named by Reisz et al. (2011). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.MCL1, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saint-Christophe-Vallon, which is in an Artinskian/Kungurian terrestrial siltstone/mudstone in the M1-M2 Formation of France. It is the type species of Ruthenosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Ruthenosaurus russellorum Reisz et al. p. 232

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Caseasauria()
familyCaseidae
genusRuthenosaurus
speciesrussellorum

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.

Ruthenosaurus russellorum Reisz et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3France (Aveyron) Ruthenosaurus russellorum (type locality: 80576)