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Wetlugasaurus angustifrons

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Wetlugasaurus angustifrons was named by Riabinin (1930). Its type specimen is TsNIGR 3417/1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zubovskoye, Vetluga River, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Vetluga Series Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Parotosaurus angustifrons by Welles and Cosgriff (1965).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Wetlugasaurus angustifrons Riabinin
1936Capitosaurus volgensis Hartmann-Weinberg and Kuzmin
1940Wetlugasaurus volgensis Efremov p. 97–98
1965Parotosaurus angustifrons Welles and Cosgriff
2000Wetlugasaurus angustifrons Schoch and Milner
2000Wetlugasaurus angustifrons Shishkin et al.
2001Wetlugasaurus angustifrons Damiani p. 434

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
genusWetlugasaurusRiabinin 1930
speciesangustifronsRiabinin 1930

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.

†Wetlugasaurus angustifrons Riabinin 1930
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Invalid names: Wetlugasaurus volgensis Hartmann-Weinberg and Kuzmin 1936 [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: Olenekian or 249.90000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Samara) Wetlugasaurus angustifrons (192169) Wetlugasaurus sp. (196083)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Nizhny Novgorod) Wetlugasaurus angustifrons (type locality: 192167)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Orenburg) Wetlugasaurus angustifrons (192168)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Yaroslavl) Wetlugasaurus angustifrons (105043)