| Lanthaniscus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | †Parareptilia |
| Order: | †Procolophonomorpha |
| Family: | †Lanthaniscidae Ivakhnenko,2008 |
| Genus: | †Lanthaniscus Ivakhnenko,1980 |
| Type species | |
| †Lanthaniscus efremovi Ivakhnenko, 1980 | |
Lanthaniscus is anextinctgenus oflanthanosuchoidankyramorphparareptile known from theGuadalupianepoch (LateRoadian to latestWordian age) ofEastern Europe,Russia.[1]Lanthaniscus was first named by M. F. Ivakhnenko in1980 and thetype species isLanthaniscus efremovi.L. efremovi was originally described on the basis of theholotype PIN 3706/9 from Peza-1 locality,Krasnoshchel' Formation, ofArkhangelsk.[2] Various authors had assigned it to the familyLanthanosuchidae;[3][4] however, Ivakhnenko, who described an additional specimen ofL. efremovi in 2008, assignedLanthaniscus to its own family, the Lanthaniscidae. The additional specimen PIN 4543/2, was collected from the same formation as the holotype, from the Nisogora locality, which is slightly younger in age.[2]
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