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Melosaurus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Archegosauridae

Taxonomy
Melosaurus was named by von Meyer (1857). It is not extant. Its type is Melosaurus uralensis.

It was assigned to Rachitomi by Watson (1919); to Melosaurinae by Golubev (1995) and Schoch and Milner (2000); and to Melosauridae by Carroll (1988) and Shishkin et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Melosaurus von Meyer
1919Melosaurus Watson p. 67
1988Melosaurus Carroll
1995Melosaurus Golubev
2000Melosaurus Schoch and Milner
2000Melosaurus Shishkin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
superfamilyArchegosauroideavon Meyer 1857
familyArchegosauridaevon Meyer 1857
subfamilyMelosaurinaeFritsch
genusMelosaurusvon Meyer 1857

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. †Melosaurus von Meyer 1857
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†Melosaurus compilatus Golubev 1995
†Melosaurus kamaensis Gubin 1991
†Melosaurus platyrhinus Golubev 1995
†Melosaurus uralensis Meyer 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Ufimian to the top of the Urzhumian or 279.50000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Udmurtia) M. compilatus (187322)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) M. uralensis (37065)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Tatarstan) M. kamaensis (187316) M. sp. (84717)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Kirov) M. uralensis (80022)
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation M. uralensis (22644)
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation (Kirov) M. sp. (87040)