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Aranetsia improvisa

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae

Taxonomy
Aranetsia improvisa was named by Novikov and Shishkin (1992). Its type specimen is PIN 4371/1, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pechora Basin, Aranetsia, PIN 4371, which is in an Anisian terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in the Krasnokamenskaya Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Aranetsia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Aranetsia improvisa Novikov and Shishkin
2014Aranetsia improvisa Schoch and Milner p. 108

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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()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyPlagiosauridae
subfamilyPlagiosterninaeShishkin 1986
genusAranetsia
speciesimprovisa

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.

†Aranetsia improvisa Novikov and Shishkin 1992
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation Aranetsia improvisa (type locality: 189565)