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Diplocaulus minimus

Amphibia - Diplocaulidae

Taxonomy
Diplocaulus minimus was named by Dutuit (1988). Its type specimen is ARG 501, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality XXII, Tikida, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in the Ikakern Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Diplocaulus minimus Dutuit p. 852 figs. 1, 2
1998Diplocaulus minimus Carroll et al. p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
—Lepospondyli()
—Nectridea()
familyDiplocaulidae
genusDiplocaulus
speciesminimus

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.

†Diplocaulus minimus Dutuit 1988
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Morocco (Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz) Diplocaulus minimus (type locality: 89607)