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Liaoxitriton zhongjiani

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Liaoxitriton zhongjiani was named by Dong and Wang (1998). Its type specimen is IVPP V11582, a skeleton (part and counterpart of articulated skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sajiaocheng, Huludao City (Jiufotang Formation), which is in an Aptian terrestrial shale in the Jiufotang Formation of China. It is the type species of Liaoxitriton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Liaoxitriton zhongjiani Dong and Wang p. 160
2004Liaoxitriton zhongjiani Wang p. 858

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
genusLiaoxitriton
specieszhongjiani

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.

Liaoxitriton zhongjiani Dong and Wang 1998
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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: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Liaoning) Liaoxitriton zhongjiani (type locality: 92073)