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Prospea holoserisca

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Scaphiopodidae

Taxonomy
Prospea holoserisca was named by Chen et al. (2016). Its type specimen is IGM 2/001, a skeleton (Nearly complete specimen preserved as part and counterpart), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tsagaan Khushuu, frog quarry [IGM], which is in a Paleocene lacustrine claystone in the Naran Bulak Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Prospea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Prospea holoserisca Chen et al.

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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)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
superfamilyPelobatoideaLaurent 1979
familyScaphiopodidae
genusProspea
speciesholoserisca

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.

†Prospea holoserisca Chen et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
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