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Xenopus arabiensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pipidae

Taxonomy
Xenopus arabiensis was named by Henrici and Báez (2001). Its type specimen is AMNH VP 30009, a partial skeleton (skeleton lacking distal portions of anterior limbs and most of the hind limbs), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ar Rhyashia, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine - small shale in Yemen.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Xenopus arabiensis Henrici and Báez p. 872

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
—XenoanuraSavage 1973
—PipimorphaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyPipidaeGray 1825
genusXenopusWagler 1827
speciesarabiensis

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.

†Xenopus arabiensis Henrici and Báez 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Yemen Xenopus arabiensis (type locality: 75093)