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Liaoxitriton zhongjiani

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Liaoxitriton zhongjiani was named by Dong and Wang (1998). Its type specimen is IVPP V11582, a skeleton (part and counterpart of articulated skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sajiaocheng, Huludao City (Jiufotang Formation), which is in an Aptian terrestrial shale in the Jiufotang Formation of China. It is the type species of Liaoxitriton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Liaoxitriton zhongjiani Dong and Wang p. 160
2004Liaoxitriton zhongjiani Wang p. 858

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
genusLiaoxitriton
specieszhongjiani

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.

†Liaoxitriton zhongjiani Dong and Wang 1998
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Diagnosis
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