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Viatkogorgon ivakhnenkoi

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Viatkogorgon ivakhnenkoi was named by Tatarinov (1999). Its type specimen is PIN 2212/61, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kotelnich, Vjatka River ("Sarmin" series), PIN 2212, which is in a Severodvinian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Urpalov Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Viatkogorgon.

Entered
by R. Butler on 2017-08-17; modified by R. Butler on 2017-08-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Viatkogorgon ivakhnenkoi Tatarinov
2003Viatkogorgon ivakhnenkoi Ivakhnenko
2018Viatkogorgon ivakhnenkoi Kammerer and Masyutin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
genusViatkogorgonTatarinov 1999
speciesivakhnenkoiTatarinov 1999

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.

†Viatkogorgon ivakhnenkoi Tatarinov 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Severodvinian or 264.28000 to 259.85700 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Severodvinian264.28 - 259.857Russian Federation (Kirov) Viatkogorgon ivakhnenkoi (type locality: 28854 119783)