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Batrachosauroides dissimulans

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae

Taxonomy
Batrachosauroides dissimulans was named by Taylor and Hesse (1943). Its type specimen is Texas A & M No. 2234, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Batrachosauroides dissimulans Taylor and Hesse
1958Batrachosauroides dissimulans Auffenberg p. 169
1969Batrachosauroides dissimulans Estes p. 225
1977Batrachosauroides dissimulans Hinderstein and Boyce p. 369
1981Batrachosauroides dissimulans Estes

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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)
orderProteida
familyBatrachosauroididae
genusBatrachosauroidesTaylor and Hesse 1943
speciesdissimulansTaylor and Hesse 1943

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.

†Batrachosauroides dissimulans Taylor and Hesse 1943
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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: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Burdigalian or 18.50000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Delaware) Batrachosauroides dissimulans (18579)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Texas) Batrachosauroides dissimulans (75945)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Batrachosauroides dissimulans (18646)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Florida) Batrachosauroides dissimulans (18538)