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Eoscapherpeton asiaticum

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Eoscapherpeton asiaticum was named by Nessov (1981). Its type specimen is ZIN PH K77-1, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CBI-4v, Dzharakuduk II, which is in a Turonian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. It is the type species of Eoscapherpeton.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Eoscapherpeton asiaticum Nessov p. 91–92
1981Mynbulakia surgayi Nessov p. 91–92
1988Mynbulakia surgayi Nessov p. 478
2000Eoscapherpeton asiaticum Shishkin p. 305
2000Mynbulakia surgayi Shishkin p. 306
2009Eoscapherpeton asiaticum Skutschas p. 661

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
—Cryptobranchoidea
familyCryptobranchidaeCope 1889
genusEoscapherpeton
speciesasiaticum

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.

†Eoscapherpeton asiaticum Nessov 1981
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Invalid names: Mynbulakia surgayi Nessov 1981 [synonym]
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: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Uzbekistan (Navoi) Eoscapherpeton asiaticum (58164) Eoscapherpeton asiaticum, Mynbulakia surgayi (type locality: 58179) Mynbulakia surgayi (46959)