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Dicamptodon antiquus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Dicamptodon antiquus was named by Naylor and Fox (1993). Its type specimen is UALVP 32387, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UALVP Location 1, which is in a Paleocene lacustrine shale in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Dicamptodon antiquus Naylor and Fox p. 814

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
suborderAmbystomatoidea
familyDicamptodontidaeTihen 1958
genusDicamptodonStrauch 1870
speciesantiquus

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.

†Dicamptodon antiquus Naylor and Fox 1993
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Diagnosis
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