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Bufo pliocompactilis

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae

Taxonomy

Bufo pliocompactilis was named by Wilson (1968). Its type specimen is KU V55430, an other (nearly complete left frontoparietal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is WaKeeny (UM-K6-59), which is in a Clarendonian channel sandstone/claystone in the Ogallala Formation of Kansas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. calamila, B. compactilis, B. douglassi, B. fowleri, B. hemiophrys, B. japonicus, B. linchuensis, B. marinus, B. occidentalis, B. paracnemis, B. priscus, B. punctatus, B. regularis, B. spinosus, B. spinulosus, B. stylaris, B. tarloi, B. valliceps, B. woodhousei, B. woodhousi, B. hemiophrys, B. maritanicus, B. mauritanicus, B. spinosus

Entered

by J. Alroy on 2007-11-09; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1968	Bufo pliocompactilis Wilson
1992	Bufo pliocompactilis Parmley p. 275

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Tetrapoda
class	Amphibia
order	Temnospondyli	()
—	Lissamphibia	()
—	Batrachia	(Macartney 1802)
order	Salientia
suborder	Anura	()
—	Neobatrachia	(Reig 1958)
family	Bufonidae	Gray 1825
genus	Bufo	Laurenti 1768
species	pliocompactilis

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.

†Bufo pliocompactilis Wilson 1968

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

Age range: base of the Clarendonian to the top of the Hemphillian or 12.50000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian	12.5 - 9.4	USA (South Dakota)	Bufo pliocompactilis (18268)
Clarendonian	12.5 - 9.4	USA (Kansas)	Bufo pliocompactilis (type locality: 18450)
Late/Upper Clarendonian	12.5 - 9.4	USA (Nebraska)	Bufo pliocompactilis (18327)
Hemphillian	9.4 - 4.7	USA (Nebraska)	Bufo pliocompactilis (18225)
Late/Upper Hemphillian	9.4 - 4.7	USA (Arizona)	Bufo pliocompactilis (19610)