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Lapillopsis nana

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Lapillopsidae

Taxonomy
Lapillopsis nana was named by Warren and Hutchinson (1990). Its type specimen is QMF 12284, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is QMF L78, "The Crater", which is in an Induan fluvial mudstone/ironstone in the Arcadia Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Lapillopsis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Lapillopsis nana Warren and Hutchinson p. 149 figs. 1-7
1999Lapillopsis nana Yates p. 303
2000Lapillopsis nana Schoch and Milner p. 89
2023Lapillopsis nana Poropat et al. p. 135

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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()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
familyLapillopsidae
genusLapillopsis
speciesnana

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.

Lapillopsis nana Warren and Hutchinson 1990
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Induan or 251.90200 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan251.902 - 249.9Australia (Queensland) Lapillopsis nana (type locality: 85560)