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Phthinosaurus

Rhopalodontidae

Taxonomy
Phthinosaurus was named by Efremov (1940). It is not extant. Its type is Phthinosaurus borissiaki.

It was assigned to Phthinosuchidae by Carroll (1988); to Phthinosauridae by Battail and Surkov (2000); and to Rhopalodontidae by Ivakhnenko (2003).

Species
P. borissiaki (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Phthinosaurus Efremov
1988Phthinosaurus Carroll
2000Phthinosaurus Battail and Surkov
2003Phthinosaurus 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
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
infraorderEstemmenosuchida
superfamilyRhopalodontoideaSeeley 1894
familyRhopalodontidaeSeeley 1894
genusPhthinosaurusEfremov 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.

G. †Phthinosaurus Efremov 1940
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Phthinosaurus borissiaki Efremov 1940
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Urzhumian or 272.30000 to 265.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Samara) P. borissiaki (232602)
Urzhumian268.0 - 265.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Phthinosuchus borissiaki (27341)