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Slavoia darevskii ✝

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4968291https://www.gbif.org/species/4968291
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)57292https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=57292
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Slavoiidae : Slavoia : Slavoia darevskii
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Slavoiidae : Slavoia : Slavoia darevskii
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Lepidosauromorpha
superorderLepidosauria
orderSquamataOppel 1811
suborderLacertilia
infraorderScincomorphaCamp 1923
familySlavoiidaeAlifanov 1993
genusSlavoiaSulimski 1984
speciesSlavoia darevskiiSulimski 1984
Generic NameSlavoia
Scientific NameSlavoia darevskii Sulimski, 1984
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Slavoia darevskiispeciesbelongs to Slavoiastated without evidenceSulimski, 1984
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance86.3 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Sulimski. 1984. A new Cretaceous scincomorph lizard from Mongolia. Palaeontologia Polonica 46:143-155

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1984Slavoia darevskii Sulimski p. 144 figs. 1-3
2000Slavoia darevskii Gao and Norell p. 86

References

Sulimski A. (1984) A new Cretaceous scincomorph lizard from Mongolia, Palaeontologia Polonica 46, 143-155
Gao K., Norell M. A. (2000) Taxonomic composition and systematics of Late Cretaceous lizard assemblages from Ukhaa Tolgod and adjacent localities, Mongolian Gobi Desert, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 249, 1-118
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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