Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Notophthalmus crassus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Notophthalmus crassus was named by Tihen (1974). Its type specimen is UNSM 61040, a set of vertebrae (intact dorsal vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Flint Hill (Notre Dame locality), which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Batesland Formation of South Dakota.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Notophthalmus crassus Tihen p. 214
1981Notophthalmus crassus Estes

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
familySalamandridaeGray 1825
genusNotophthalmusRafinesque 1820
speciescrassus

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.

Notophthalmus crassus Tihen 1974
show all | hide all
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, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Hemingfordian or 18.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (South Dakota) Notophthalmus crassus (type locality: 75880)