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Libognathus sheddi

Osteichthyes - Procolophonidae

Taxonomy
Libognathus sheddi was named by Small (1997). Its type specimen is DMNH 20491, a mandible (fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Double U Ranch, SE of Post, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Cooper Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Libognathus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Libognathus sheddi Small p. 674 figs. 1, 2A, 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
superfamilyProcolophonoidea
familyProcolophonidae
subfamilyLeptopleuroninaeIvakhnenko 1979
genusLibognathus
speciessheddi

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.

Libognathus sheddi Small 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Texas) Libognathus sheddi (type locality: 79947)