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Trimerorhachis insignis

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Trimerorhachidae

Taxonomy
Trimerorhachis insignis was named by Cope (1878) [publication year uncertain]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Indian Creek, 35 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Trimerorhachis.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2006-12-16; modified by M. Carrano on 2014-12-02

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Trimerorhachis insignis Cope
1883Trimerorhachis bilobatus Cope p. 629
1884Trimerorhachis bilobatus Cope p. 32
1884Trimerorhachis insignis Cope p. 32
1893Trimerorhachis insignis Cope
1902Trimerorhachis bilobatus Hay p. 420
1902Trimerorhachis insignis Hay p. 420
1910Trimerorhachis alleni Case p. 181
1913Trimerorhachis medius Broom
1973Trimerorhachis insignis Daly p. 568
2013Trimerorhachis insignis Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dvinosauria
familyTrimerorhachidaeCope 1882
genusTrimerorhachisCope 1878
speciesinsignisCope 1878

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.

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Invalid names: Trimerorhachis alleni Case 1910 [synonym], Trimerorhachis bilobatus Cope 1883 [synonym], Trimerorhachis medius Broom 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available