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Dipodiscus saltator

Taxonomy
Dipodiscus saltator was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is not extant. Its type locality is Leribe tracksite, which is in a Pliensbachian terrestrial horizon in the Clarens Formation of Lesotho.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Dipodiscus saltator Ellenberger p. 350

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
genusDipodiscus
speciessaltator

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.

†Dipodiscus saltator Ellenberger 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pliensbachian or 190.80000 to 182.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Lesotho (Leribe) Dipodiscus saltator (type locality: 56001)