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Volgosuchus cornutus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Benthosuchidae

Taxonomy
Volgosuchus cornutus was named by Efremov (1940). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ples River near Kineshma (Vetlugian Series), which is in a Triassic terrestrial horizon in the Vetlugian Series Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Volgosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Volgosuchus cornutus Efremov p. 98

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

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.

†Volgosuchus cornutus Efremov 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available