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Kraterokheirodon colberti

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Kraterokheirodon colberti was named by Irmis and Parker (2005). Its type specimen is PEFO 9984, a tooth (Partial tooth lacking root), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MNA 302/26 PFV 34, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Kraterokheirodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Kraterokheirodon colberti Irmis and Parker p. 1340 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
genusKraterokheirodon
speciescolberti

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.

†Kraterokheirodon colberti Irmis and Parker 2005
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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: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Arizona) Kraterokheirodon colberti (type locality: 93415 93497)