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Eusauropleura digitata

Gephyrostegidae

Taxonomy
Sauropleura digitata was named by Cope (1868). It is not extant. Its type specimen is AMNH 6865, a partial skeleton (Trunk region, forelimbs, pelvic girdle and rear limbs, proximal end of tail). Its type locality is Linton, which is in a Westphalian D mire/swamp coal in Ohio. It is the type species of Sauropleura.

It was recombined as Eusauropleura digitata by Romer (1930), Carroll (1970) and Carroll et al. (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Sauropleura digitata Cope p. 216
1869Sauropleura digitata Cope p. 16
1902Sauropleura digitata Hay p. 419
1916Sauropleura digitata Moodie p. 157 figs. Pl. 20
1930Eusauropleura digitata Romer p. 135
1970Eusauropleura digitata Carroll pp. 288-292 figs. 11, 12
1972Eusauropleura digitata Carroll et al. p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
suborderGephyrostegida
familyGephyrostegidaeJaekel 1909
genusEusauropleura
speciesdigitata()

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.

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Diagnosis
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