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Shomronella jordanica

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Pipidae

Taxonomy
Shomronella jordanica was named by Estes et al. (1978). Its type specimen is HUJP 12020, a skeleton (almost complete specimen), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Wadi el Malih, which is in a Berriasian pond shale/tuff in the Tayasir Formation of Israel.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Shomronella jordanica Estes et al. p. 376
1998Shomronella jordanica Sanchiz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
XenoanuraSavage 1973
PipimorphaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyPipidaeGray 1825
genusShomronella
speciesjordanica

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.

Shomronella jordanica Estes et al. 1978
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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: Berriasian or 143.10000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Israel Shomronella jordanica (type locality: 84472)