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Benthosuchidae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Benthosuchidae

Taxonomy
Benthosuchidae was named by Efremov (1940). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Neorhachitomi by Efremov (1940); and to Capitosauroidea by Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Benthosuchidae Efremov
1988Benthosuchidae Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
familyBenthosuchidaeEfremov 1940
familyBenthosuchidaeEfremov 1940

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. †Benthosuchidae Efremov 1940
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G. †Angusaurus Getmanov 1989
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†Angusaurus dentatus Getmanov 1989
†Angusaurus succedaneus Getmanov 1989
†Angusaurus tsylmensis Novikov et al. 1990
†Angusaurus weidenbaumi Kuzmin 1935
Subfm. †Qantasinae Novikov 2012
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G. †Qantas Novikov 2012
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†Qantas samarensis Novikov 2012
Subfm. †Syrtosuchinae Novikov 2016
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G. †Syrtosuchus Novikov 2016
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†Syrtosuchus morkovini Novikov 2016
†Syrtosuchus samarensis Novikov 2016
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Invalid names: Wetlugasaurus samarensis Sennikov 1981 [replaced]
G. †Volgosuchus Efremov 1940
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†Volgosuchus cornutus Efremov 1940
G. †Vyborosaurus Novikov 1990
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†Vyborosaurus mirus Novikov et al. 1990
Invalid names: Benthosuchinae Efremov 1937 [empty], Eocyclotosaurinae Morales and Kamphausen 1984 [empty]
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 Spathian to the top of the Anisian or 251.30000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Qantas sp. (195805) Wetlugasaurus samarensis (192165 195870 195873 195877 196050 196051 196052 196053)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Russian Federation (Samara) Wetlugasaurus samarensis (195796)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Russian Federation (Samara) Syrtosuchus morkovini (141240)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Russian Federation (Ivanovo) Volgosuchus cornutus, Angusaurus weidenbaumi (28467)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Wetlugasaurus samarensis (37040)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Samara) Angusaurus succedaneus (195803) Qantas samarensis (196087)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Buzulukskij) Angusaurus dentatus (195802)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Samara) Angusaurus sp. (196082) Angusaurus succedaneus (196085)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Angusaurus dentatus (196031)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Qantas samarensis (195797)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Komi) Angusaurus tsylmensis, Vyborosaurus mirus (39811)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Yaroslavl) Angusaurus tsylmensis (105043)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Samara) Qantas samarensis (195786)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Antarctica Benthosuchidae indet. (105296)