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Benthosuchus sushkini
Taxonomy
Benthosaurus sushkini was named by Efremov (1929). Its type specimen is PIN 2243/1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vakhnevo locality, which is in an Olenekian fluvial sandstone in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Benthosuchus.
It was recombined as Benthosuchus sushkini by Damiani (2001).
It was recombined as Benthosuchus sushkini by Damiani (2001).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1929 | Benthosaurus sushkini Efremov |
| 2001 | Benthosuchus sushkini Damiani p. 389 |
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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.
†Benthosuchus sushkini Efremov 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Benthosuchus sushkini (195821 195874 196038 196079 196080) | |
| Olenekian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Benthosuchus sushkini (93203) | |
| Olenekian | Russian Federation (Vologda) | Benthosuchus sushkini (type locality: 28479) | |
| Olenekian | Russian Federation (Samara) | Benthosuchus sushkini (195786) |