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Inflectosaurus amplus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Platystegidae

Taxonomy
Inflectosaurus amplus was named by Shishkin (1960) [= Trematosaurus sp.?: Sushkin, 1927, p. 277, text-figs. 5C, 5D, 7, 8 = Trematosaurus brauni?: Efremov, 1932, p. 58, pl. 1, fig 1.]. Its type specimen is PIN 2242/1, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bolshoi Bogdo Mountain, Lake Baskunchak, which is in a Spathian marine horizon in the Bogdo Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Inflectosaurus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Inflectosaurus amplus Shishkin p. 131 figs. 1-9, 10c
1966Parotosuchus bogdoanus Ochev
2000Inflectosaurus amplus Schoch and Milner p. 116

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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
—Trematosauria
superfamilyTrematosauroidea
familyPlatystegidae
genusInflectosaurus
speciesamplus

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.

†Inflectosaurus amplus Shishkin 1960
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Invalid names: Parotosuchus bogdoanus Ochev 1966 [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: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Russian Federation (Astrakhan) Inflectosaurus amplus, Parotosuchus bogdoanus (type locality: 157208)