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Wetlugasaurus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Wetlugasaurus Riabinin
1935Wetlugasaurus Säve-Söderbergh p. 122
1937Volgasaurus Kuzmin
1940Volgasuchus Efremov
1988Volgasaurus Carroll
1988Volgasuchus Carroll
1988Wetlugasaurus Carroll
2000Wetlugasaurus Schoch and Milner p. 100
2000Wetlugasaurus Shishkin et al.
2001Wetlugasaurus Damiani p. 433
2013Wetlugasaurus Schoch
2023Wetlugosaurus Carrano

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
genusWetlugasaurusRiabinin 1930

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. †Wetlugasaurus Riabinin 1930
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Wetlugasaurus angustifrons Riabinin 1930
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Invalid names: Wetlugasaurus volgensis Hartmann-Weinberg and Kuzmin 1936 [synonym]
Wetlugasaurus malachovi Novikov 1990
Invalid names: Volgasaurus Kuzmin 1937 [synonym], Volgasuchus Efremov 1940 [synonym]
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: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Olenekian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) W. sp. (196044)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Russian Federation (Samara) W. sp. (141240)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) W. sp. (195868)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) W. sp. (195816)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) W. sp. (195808)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Nizhny Novgorod) W. angustifrons (192167)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Yaroslavl) W. angustifrons (105043)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) W. angustifrons (192168) W. kzilsajensis (195822) W. sp. (93201 93205 195819 195827 195828 195831 195832 195841 195842 195872 196030)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Komi) W. malachovi (39811)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) W. malachovi (94243) W. sp. (94238)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Samara) W. angustifrons (192169) W. sp. (196081 196083)