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Diplocaulus parvus

Amphibia - Diplocaulidae

Taxonomy
Diplocaulus parvus was named by Olson (1972). Its type specimen is UCLA VP 3015, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BC-1 (Chickasha Formation), which is in a Roadian/Wordian deltaic mudstone/sandstone in the Chickasha Formation of Oklahoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Diplocaulus parvus Olson
1998Diplocaulus parvus Carroll et al. p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
—Lepospondyli()
—Nectridea()
familyDiplocaulidae
genusDiplocaulus
speciesparvus

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.

†Diplocaulus parvus Olson 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available