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Caseopsis agilis

Osteichthyes - Caseidae

Taxonomy
Caseopsis agilis was named by Olson (1962). Its type specimen is CNHM (FMNH) UR 253, a partial skeleton (patial skull and several postcrania), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality KV (San Angelo Fm.), which is in a Kungurian/Roadian floodplain shale/conglomerate in the San Angelo Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Caseopsis agilis Olson p. 26
1986Caseopsis agilis Reisz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Caseasauria()
familyCaseidae
genusCaseopsis
speciesagilis

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.

†Caseopsis agilis Olson 1962
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian - Roadian283.3 - 266.9USA (Texas) Caseopsis agilis (80669 type locality: 80689)