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Saltenia ibanezi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Saltenia ibanezi was named by Reig (1959). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Quebrada del Río de las Conchas, which is in a Campanian lacustrine siltstone/limestone in the Las Curtiembres Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Saltenia ibanezi Reig
1998Saltenia ibanezi Sanchiz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
superfamilyPipoideaFitzinger 1843
—Panpipidae
—Shelaniinae
genusSalteniaReig 1959
speciesibaneziReig 1959

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.

†Saltenia ibanezi Reig 1959
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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, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Argentina (Salta) Saltenia ibanezi (type locality: 92119 133218 133219)