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Trimerorhachis rogersi

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Trimerorhachidae

Taxonomy
Trimerorhachis rogersi was named by Olson (1955). Its type specimen is CNHM (FMNH) UR 138, a partial skeleton (partial skull and lower jaws, forelimb, femur, and part of scapula), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality FA - Pipe Site, which is in a Leonardian pond shale in the Choza Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Trimerorhachis rogersi Olson p. 263 fig. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Dvinosauria
familyTrimerorhachidaeCope 1882
genusTrimerorhachisCope 1878
speciesrogersi

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.

Trimerorhachis rogersi Olson 1955
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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: Leonardian or 286.00000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Leonardian286.0 - 274.4USA (Texas) Trimerorhachis rogersi (type locality: 79601)