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Orthocosta microscopa

Amphibia

Taxonomy
Orthocosta microscopa was named by Fritsch (1883). It is not extant. Its type specimen is CGH (unnumbered), a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Nyrany, which is in a Westphalian D lacustrine coal in the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Orthocosta microscopa Fritsch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
—Lepospondyli()
genusOrthocostaFritsch 1883
speciesmicroscopaFritsch 1883

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.

†Orthocosta microscopa Fritsch 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available