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Tryphosuchus paucidens

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Archegosauridae

Taxonomy
Melosaurus paucidens was named by Konzhukova (1955). Its type specimen is PIN 157/107, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kamenny Ravine (Ulema River), Isheevo, PIN 157, 2207, which is in an Urzhumian/Severodvinian fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Tryphosuchus.

It was recombined as Tryphosuchus paucidens by Shishkin et al. (2000) and Schoch and Milner (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Melosaurus paucidens Konzhukova
2000Tryphosuchus paucidens Schoch and Milner
2000Tryphosuchus paucidens Shishkin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
superfamilyArchegosauroideavon Meyer 1857
familyArchegosauridaevon Meyer 1857
subfamilyTryphosuchinaeGolubev 1995
genusTryphosuchusKonzhukova 1955
speciespaucidens(Konzhukova 1955)

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.

†Tryphosuchus paucidens Konzhukova 1955
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Diagnosis
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