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Melosaurus uralensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Archegosauridae

Taxonomy
Melosaurus uralensis was named by Meyer (1857). Its type specimen is MB 334, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sterlitamak - Melosaurus uralensis site, which is in an Ufimian/Kazanian terrestrial sandstone in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Melosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Melosaurus uralensis Meyer
1995Melosaurus uralensis Golubev
2000Melosaurus uralensis Schoch and Milner
2000Melosaurus uralensis Shishkin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
superfamilyArchegosauroideavon Meyer 1857
familyArchegosauridaevon Meyer 1857
subfamilyMelosaurinaeFritsch
genusMelosaurusvon Meyer 1857
speciesuralensisMeyer 1857

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.

†Melosaurus uralensis Meyer 1857
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ufimian to the top of the Urzhumian or 279.50000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Melosaurus uralensis (type locality: 37065)
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation Melosaurus uralensis (22644)