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Taricha (Palaeotaricha) miocenica

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Taricha (Palaeotaricha) miocenica was named by Tihen (1974). Its type specimen is MPUM 1479, a set of vertebrae (essentially intact dorsal vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Middle Cabbage Patch Beds, which is in an Arikareean pond horizon in the Renova Formation of Montana.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. torsoa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Taricha (Palaeotaricha) miocenica Tihen p. 215

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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()
familySalamandridaeGray 1825
genusTarichaGray 1850
subgenusPalaeotaricha(van Frank 1955)
speciesmiocenica

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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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: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Arikareean or 29.50000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) Taricha miocenica (type locality: 17543)