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Melosaurinae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Archegosauridae

Taxonomy
Melosaurinae was named by Fritsch.

It was assigned to Melosauridae by Golubev (1995); and to Archegosauridae by Schoch and Milner (2000).

Subtaxa
Koinia, Melosaurus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Melosaurinae Golubev
2000Melosaurinae Schoch and Milner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
superfamilyArchegosauroideavon Meyer 1857
familyArchegosauridaevon Meyer 1857
subfamilyMelosaurinaeFritsch
subfamilyMelosaurinaeFritsch

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.

Subfm. †Melosaurinae Fritsch
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G. †Koinia Gubin 1993
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†Koinia silantjevi Golubev 1993
G. †Melosaurus von Meyer 1857
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†Melosaurus compilatus Golubev 1995
†Melosaurus kamaensis Gubin 1991
†Melosaurus platyrhinus Golubev 1995
†Melosaurus uralensis Meyer 1857
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: base of the Roadian to the top of the Urzhumian or 272.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Tatarstan) Melosaurus kamaensis (187316) Melosaurus sp. (84717)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Kirov) Melosaurus uralensis (80022)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Melosaurus uralensis (37065)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Udmurtia) Melosaurus compilatus (187322)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Koinia silantjevi (180620)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Samara) Koinia sp. (232602)
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation Melosaurus uralensis (22644)
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation (Kirov) Melosaurus sp. (87040)