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Cryptobranchus guildayi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Cryptobranchus guildayi was named by Holman (1977). Its type specimen is CM 20470, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cumberland Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Maryland.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cryptobranchus alleganiensis by Naylor (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Cryptobranchus guildayi Holman
1981Cryptobranchus guildayi Estes p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
—Cryptobranchoidea
familyCryptobranchidaeCope 1889
genusCryptobranchusLeuckart 1821
speciesguildayi

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.

†Cryptobranchus guildayi Holman 1977
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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, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Irvingtonian or 1.80000 to 0.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Cryptobranchus guildayi (124319)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Cryptobranchus guildayi (type locality: 20302)