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Diplocaulus magnicornis

Amphibia - Diplocaulidae

Taxonomy

Diplocaulus magnicornis was named by Cope (1882). Its type specimen is AMNH 4539, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.

Synonyms

Platyops parvus was named by Williston (1918). Its type specimen is CNHM (FMNH) UC 206, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Craddock Bonebed, Brush Creek, 38 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Permoplatyops parvus by Case (1946); it was synonymized subjectively with Diplocaulus magnicornis by Olson (1951).
Diplocaulus pusillus was named by Broili (1904). Its type specimen is a specimen in the Alte Akademie, Munich, Germany (lost long ago), a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Diplocaulus magnicornis by Olson (1951).
Diplocaulus limbatus was named by Cope (1896). Its type specimen is AMNH 4471, a partial skeleton (poorly preserved skull and lower jaws with vertebrae and part of the shoulder girdle), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.

It was synonymized subjectively with Diplocaulus magnicornis by Olson (1951).
Diplocaulus primigenius was named by Mehl (1921). Its type specimen is CNHM (FMNH) UC 564 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Craddock Bonebed, Brush Creek, 38 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.

It was synonymized subjectively with Diplocaulus magnicornis by Olson (1951).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1882	Diplocaulus magnicornis Cope pp. 453-455
1896	Diplocaulus limbatus Cope p. 456
1902	Diplocaulus limbatus Hay p. 416
1902	Diplocaulus magnicornis Hay p. 416
1904	Diplocaulus pusillus Broili pp. 24-26 figs. Pl. VI
1918	Platyops parvus Williston
1921	Diplocaulus primigenius Mehl
1946	Permoplatyops parvus Case
1951	Diplocaulus magnicornis Olson p. 110
1973	Diplocaulus magnicornis Daly p. 570
1998	Diplocaulus magnicornis Carroll et al. p. 76

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
class	Amphibia
—	Lepospondyli	()
—	Nectridea	()
family	Diplocaulidae
genus	Diplocaulus
species	magnicornis

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 magnicornis Cope 1882

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Invalid names: Diplocaulus limbatus Cope 1896 [synonym], Diplocaulus primigenius Mehl 1921 [synonym], Diplocaulus pusillus Broili 1904 [synonym], Platyops parvus Williston 1918 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available