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Nyctiphruretus optabilis

Reptilia - Nyctiphruretidae

Taxonomy
Nyctiphruretus optabilis was named by Bulanov (2002). Its type specimen is PIN 4544/1, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pokrovka, PIN 4544, locality 73 of Tverdokhlebov et al. (2005), which is in a Severodvinian/Vyatkian terrestrial conglomerate in the Kutulukskaya Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Nyctiphruretus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Nyctiphruretus optabilis Bulanov
2008Nyctiphruretus optabilis 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
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
familyNyctiphruretidae
genusNyctiphruretus
speciesoptabilisBulanov 2002

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.

Nyctiphruretus optabilis Bulanov 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Severodvinian to the top of the Vyatkian or 264.28000 to 257.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Orenburg) Nyctiphruretus optabilis (type locality: 189495)