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Chenoprosopus milleri

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Cochleosauridae

Taxonomy
Chenoprosopus milleri was named by Mehl (1913). Its type specimen is FMNH UC 670, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Miller Bonebed, which is in a Wolfcampian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Abo/Cutler Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Chenoprosopus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Chenoprosopus milleri Mehl p. 11 figs. 4, 5, 7
1993Chenoprosopus lewisi Hook
2004Chenoprosopus lewisi Sequeira p. 39
2004Chenoprosopus milleri Sequeira p. 39
2013Chenoprosopus milleri Schoch
2014Chenoprosopus milleri Schoch and Milner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
superfamilyEdopoidea(Romer 1945)
familyCochleosauridaeBroili 1923
genusChenoprosopus
speciesmilleri

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.

†Chenoprosopus milleri Mehl 1913
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Invalid names: Chenoprosopus lewisi Hook 1993 [synonym]
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, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Virgilian to the top of the Wolfcampian or 303.70000 to 286.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Chenoprosopus milleri (34761)
Virgilian - Wolfcampian303.7 - 286.0USA (Texas) Chenoprosopus lewisi (176499)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (New Mexico) Chenoprosopus milleri (80833 type locality: 85337 180106 180383 180384 180940)