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Broiliellus arroyoensis

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Broiliellus arroyoensis was named by DeMar (1967). Its type specimen is FMNH UR 431, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Broiliellus pocket, which is in a Kungurian terrestrial horizon in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Broiliellus arroyoensis DeMar p. 119 fig. 1
2014Broiliellus arroyoensis Schoch and Milner p. 70

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Dissorophoidea()
Xerodromes
Olsoniformes
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
subfamilyDissorophinaeBoulenger 1902
genusBroiliellus
speciesarroyoensis

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.

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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: ground dwellinguc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2011-01-30 12:48:41
Modified: 2011-01-29 19:48:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Reisz et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Broiliellus arroyoensis (type locality: 13046)