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Porosteognathus

Therocephalia - Lycosuchidae

Taxonomy
Porosteognathus was named by Vjuschkov (1952). It is not extant. Its type is Porosteognathus efremovi.

It was assigned to Scylacosauridae by Battail and Surkov (2000); to Scymnosaurinae by Tatarinov (2008); and to Lycosuchidae by Ivakhnenko (2011).

Species
P. efremovi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Porosteognathus Vjuschkov
2000Porosteognathus Battail and Surkov
2008Porosteognathus Tatarinov
2011Porosteognathus 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
suborderLycosuchida
superfamilyLycosuchoideaNopcsa 1923
familyLycosuchidae
genusPorosteognathusVjuschkov 1952

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.

G. †Porosteognathus Vjuschkov 1952
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†Porosteognathus efremovi Vjuschkov 1952
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Urzhumian to the top of the Early/Lower Severodvinian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian266.9 - 259.51Russian Federation (Tatarstan) P. sp., P. efremovi (27931)
Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian266.9 - 259.51Russian Federation (Orenburg) P. sp. (36273)