Axitectum
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Reptiliomorpha (?) |
| Order: | †Chroniosuchia |
| Family: | †Bystrowianidae |
| Genus: | †Axitectum Shishkin & Novikov, 1992 |
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Axitectum is an
Kirov Regions, Russia. It was a rather large animal judging by the size of its vertebrae. The back was covered in bands of highly ornamented osteoderm plates, similar to those found in modern crocodiles. The bands overlapped with the next band at the posterior end.[2]
It was first named by M.A. Shishkin and I.V. Novikov in
junior synonym of the type species. Other materials also referred to Axitectum.[3]
References
- ISBN 978-5-906906-71-7. Archived from the original on 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2024-02-04.)
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- ^ I.V. Novikov & M.A. Shishkin (2000). "Triassic chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) and the evolution of trunk dermal scutes in bystrowianids". Paleontological Journal. 34 (2): 165–178.
