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Shelania laurenti

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Shelania laurenti was named by Baez and Pugener (1998). Its type specimen is GHUNLPam 4022, a set of vertebrae (fused atlas and second vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vaca Mahuida Facies IV-US3 (Vertebrates), which is in an Eocene lacustrine sandstone/sandstone in Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Shelania laurenti Baez and Pugener

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
superfamilyPipoideaFitzinger 1843
—Panpipidae
—Shelaniinae
genusShelaniaCasamiquela 1960
specieslaurenti

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.

†Shelania laurenti Baez and Pugener 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available