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Notophthalmus crassus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Notophthalmus crassus was named by Tihen (1974). Its type specimen is UNSM 61040, a set of vertebrae (intact dorsal vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Flint Hill (Notre Dame locality), which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Batesland Formation of South Dakota.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Notophthalmus crassus Tihen p. 214
1981Notophthalmus crassus Estes

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
familySalamandridaeGray 1825
genusNotophthalmusRafinesque 1820
speciescrassus

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.

Notophthalmus crassus Tihen 1974
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Diagnosis
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