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Karenites ornamentatus

Therocephalia - Karenitidae

Taxonomy
Karenites ornamentatus was named by Tatarinov (1995). Its type specimen is PIN 2212/60, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kotelnich, Vjatka River ("Sarmin" series), PIN 2212, which is in a Severodvinian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Urpalov Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Karenites ornamentatus Tatarinov
1999Scalopodon tenuisfrons Tatarinov
2008Karenites ornamentatus Tatarinov
2008Scalopodon tenuisfrons Tatarinov
2011Karenites ornamentatus Ivakhnenko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamilyBaurioideaBroom 1911
familyKarenitidae
genusKarenitesTatarinov 1995
speciesornamentatusTatarinov 1995

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.

Karenites ornamentatus Tatarinov 1995
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Invalid names: Scalopodon tenuisfrons Tatarinov 1999 [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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Severodvinian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Kirov) Karenites ornamentatus, Scalopodon tenuisfrons (type locality: 28854)