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Brevidorsum profundum

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Brevidorsum profundum was named by Carroll (1964). Its type specimen is MCZ 3250, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North of the west fork of the Trinity River, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian terrestrial horizon in Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Brevidorsum profundum Carroll p. 76
2014Brevidorsum profundum Schoch and Milner p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Olsoniformes
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
—Eucacopinae
genusBrevidorsum
speciesprofundum

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.

†Brevidorsum profundum Carroll 1964
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Diagnosis
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