Bukobaja

Extinct genus of temnospondyls

Bukobaja
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Ladinian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Clade: Capitosauria
Family: Mastodonsauridae
Genus: Bukobaja
Ochev, 1966
Type species
Bukobaja enigmatica
Ochev, 1966

Bukobaja is an extinct genus of mastodonsaurid temnospondyl from the middle Triassic of Russia. It contains a single species, Bukobaja enigmatica. Bukobaja mainly occurs in the Bukobay Svita as part of the Ladinian?-age "Mastodonsaurus fauna", a section of Russian Triassic biostratigraphy characterized by "Mastodonsaurus" torvus. It was also present in the underlying Donguz Svita ("Eryosuchus fauna").[1][2] Bukobaja appears to be a valid genus similar to, yet distinct from, Mastodonsaurus. Despite appearing to possess several unique features, Bukobaja is still known from very few remains. This has led to difficulties in determining its relations more precisely than "Mastodonsauridae incertae sedis".[3] It has also been compared to trematosaurids.[4]

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References

  1. ^ Shishkin, M.A.; Ochev, V.G.; Lozovskii, V.R.; Novikov, I.V. (2000). "Tetrapod biostratigraphy of the Triassic of Eastern Europe". In Benton, M.J.; Shishkin, M.A.; Unwin, D.M.; Kurochkin, E.N. (eds.). The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 140–159. ISBN 9780521545822.
  2. ^ Tverdokhlebov, Valentin P.; Tverdokhlebova, Galina I.; Surkov, Mikhail V.; Benton, Michael J. (2003-01-01). "Tetrapod localities from the Triassic of the SE of European Russia". Earth-Science Reviews. 60 (1): 1–66. Bibcode:2003ESRv...60....1T. doi:10.1016/S0012-8252(02)00076-4. ISSN 0012-8252.
  3. ^ Damiani, Ross J. (2001-12-01). "A systematic revision and phylogenetic analysis of Triassic mastodonsauroids (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 133 (4): 379–482. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00635.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
  4. ^ Schoch, Rainer R. (2006-03-30). "A complete trematosaurid amphibian from the Middle Triassic of Germany". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (1): 29–43. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[29:ACTAFT]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 85829091.
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