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Perplexisauridae

Therocephalia - Perplexisauridae

Taxonomy
Perplexisauridae was named by Tatarinov (2000). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ictidosuchoidea by Tatarinov (2008); and to Perplexisauroidea by Ivakhnenko (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Perplexisauridae Tatarinov
2008Perplexisauridae Tatarinov
2011Perplexisauridae Ivakhnenko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
—EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamilyPerplexisauroideaTatarinov 2000
familyPerplexisauridaeTatarinov 2000
familyPerplexisauridaeTatarinov 2000

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.

Fm. †Perplexisauridae Tatarinov 2000
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G. †Perplexisaurus Tatarinov 1997
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†Perplexisaurus foveatus Tatarinov 1997
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Invalid names: Chlynovia serridentatus Tatarinov 2000 [synonym]
†Perplexisaurus lepusculus Ivakhnenko 2011
Invalid names: Chlynovia Tatarinov 2000 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Severodvinian to the top of the Vyatkian or 264.28000 to 257.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian266.9 - 259.51Russian Federation (Orenburg) Porosteognathus sp. (187191)
Early/Lower Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Kirov) Perplexisaurus foveatus, Chlynovia serridentatus (28854)
Vyatkian259.51 - 257.4Russian Federation (Kirov) Perplexisauridae indet. (120215)