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Karaurus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Karauridae

Taxonomy
Karaurus was named by Ivachnenko (1978). It is not extant. Its type is Karaurus sharovi. It is the type genus of Karauridae.

It was assigned to Batrachia by Maddin et al. (2012); and to Karauridae by Estes (1981), Nessov (1988), Carroll (1988), Shishkin (2000) and Skutschas and Gubin (2012).

Species
K. sharovi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Karaurus Ivachnenko
1981Karaurus Estes p. 10
1988Karaurus Carroll
1988Karaurus Nessov p. 477
2000Karaurus Shishkin p. 305
2012Karaurus Maddin et al.
2012Karaurus Skutschas and Gubin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyKarauridaeIvachnenko 1978
genusKaraurusIvachnenko 1978

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. †Karaurus Ivachnenko 1978
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†Karaurus sharovi Ivachnenko 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available