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Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) wardorum

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae

Taxonomy
Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) wardorum was named by Estes and Tihen (1964). Its type specimen is U.N.S.M. No.61014, a set of postcrania (posterior 15 mm of a left ilium), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Norden Bridge Quarry, which is in a Barstovian channel sandstone in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Scaphiopus wardorum by Parmley (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) wardorum Estes and Tihen p. 457
1992Scaphiopus wardorum Parmley p. 278

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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
suborderAnura()
superfamilyPelobatoideaLaurent 1979
familyPelobatidaeLataste 1879
genusScaphiopusHolbrook 1836
subgenusScaphiopusHolbrook 1836
specieswardorum

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.

Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) wardorum Estes and Tihen 1964
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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, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Late/Upper Hemphillian or 16.30000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Scaphiopus holbrooki (18141) Scaphiopus wardorum (18208 type locality: 18284)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Scaphiopus wardorum (18359)