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Kokartus honorarius

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Karauridae

Taxonomy
Kokartus honorarius was named by Nessov (1988). Its type specimen is CMGE 1/11998 (Central Museum of Geological Exploration), a partial skull (a frontal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kyzylsu I, which is in a Bathonian terrestrial claystone in the Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan. It is the type species of Kokartus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Kokartus honorarius Nessov pp. 476, 484-485 fig. 2
2000Kokartus honorarius Shishkin p. 305
2008Kokartus honorarius Averianov et al. p. 476

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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
genusKokartus
specieshonorarius

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.

Kokartus honorarius Nessov 1988
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. A. Nessov 1988A karaurid salamander differing from Karaurus by more straight ridge on the upper side of lateral process of praeoperculo-squamosum, by longer and narrower posterolateral process of frontal, by narrower parasphenoid and femora
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Kyrgyzstan (Jalal-Abad) Kokartus honorarius (79954 type locality: 79955)