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Spea diversus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae

Taxonomy
Scaphiopus diversus was named by Taylor (1942). Its type specimen is KUVP 6368, a set of vertebrae (Sacral vertebra and coccyx), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Spea diversus by Tihen (1960).

Synonyms
  • Neoscaphiopus noblei was named by Taylor (1942). Its type specimen is KUVP 6367, a set of vertebrae (parts of the fused coccyx, sacral vertebra, and first presacral vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Neoscaphiopus.

    It was recombined as Scaphiopus (Neoscaphiopus) noblei by Zweifel (1956); it was synonymized subjectively with Spea diversus by Tihen (1960).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Neoscaphiopus noblei Taylor
1942Scaphiopus diversus Taylor
1942Neoscaphiopus noblei Taylor p. 204 figs. 5a and b
1956Scaphiopus (Neoscaphiopus) noblei Zweifel p. 27
1956Scaphiopus diversus Zweifel p. 30
1960Spea diversus Tihen p. 92

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
superfamilyPelobatoideaLaurent 1979
familyPelobatidaeLataste 1879
genusSpeaCope 1866
speciesdiversus()

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.

†Spea diversus Taylor 1942
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Invalid names: Neoscaphiopus noblei Taylor 1942 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Blancan or 4.70000 to 1.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Kansas) Neoscaphiopus noblei, Scaphiopus diversus (154240)