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Selenocara rossica

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Taxonomy
Selenocara rossica was named by Novikov (2016). It is not extant. Its type specimen is PIN 5496/6, a partial skull. Its type locality is Obshchii Syrt Highland, which is in an Induan terrestrial horizon in the Sukhorechka Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Selenocara rossica Novikov

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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
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
familyMastodonsauridaeLydekker 1885
subfamilySelenocarinae
genusSelenocaraBjerring 1997
speciesrossica

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.

†Selenocara rossica Novikov 2016
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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: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Induan or 251.90200 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan251.902 - 249.9Russian Federation (Orenburg) Selenocara rossica (type locality: 195805)