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Iridotriton hechti

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Iridotriton hechti was named by Evans et al. (2005). Its type specimen is DINO 16453a, b, a partial skeleton (part and counterpart of a nearly complete skeleton preserved in three dimensions), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is DNM 96, Rainbow Park microsite, which is in a Tithonian terrestrial mudstone/mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Iridotriton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Iridotriton hechti Evans et al. p. 602 figs. 1-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
genusIridotriton
specieshechti

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.

Iridotriton hechti Evans et al. 2005
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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: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Utah) Iridotriton hechti (type locality: 57913)