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Driveria ponderosa

Osteichthyes - Driveriidae

Taxonomy
Driveria ponderosa was named by Olson (1962). Its type specimen is FMNH UR 247, a partial skeleton (sacrum, pelvis, scapulo-coracoid, parts of vertebrae and ribs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality KV (San Angelo Fm.), which is in a Kungurian/Roadian floodplain shale/conglomerate in the San Angelo Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Driveria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Driveria ponderosa Olson p. 70 figs. 35; Pl. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
Eutherapsida
suborderDinocephalia
infraorderEodeinocephalia
familyDriveriidae
genusDriveria
speciesponderosa

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.

Driveria ponderosa Olson 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian - Roadian283.3 - 266.9USA (Texas) Driveria ponderosa (type locality: 80689)