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Batrachopodiscus quthingensis

Amphibia

Taxonomy
Batrachopodiscus quthingensis was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is not extant. Its type locality is Malibe tracksite, which is in a Pliensbachian terrestrial sandstone in the Clarens Formation of Lesotho.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Klein and Lucas (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Batrachopodiscus quthingensis Ellenberger p. 350
1984Batrachopodiscus quthingensis Olsen and Galton p. 110

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

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.

†Batrachopodiscus quthingensis 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
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Lesotho (Quthing) Batrachopodiscus quthingensis (type locality: 84066)