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Wellesaurus peabodyi

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Taxonomy
Parotosaurus peabodyi was named by Welles and Cosgriff (1965). Its type specimen is UCMP 36058, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meteor Crater Quarry, main bonebed, which is in a Spathian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Wellesaurus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Stanocephalosaurus birdi by Schoch and Milner (2000); it was recombined as Wellesaurus peabodyi by Lehman (1971), Damiani (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Parotosaurus peabodyi Welles and Cosgriff
1971Wellesaurus peabodyi Lehman
2001Wellesaurus peabodyi Damiani p. 431

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
Capitosauroidea()
familyMastodonsauridaeLydekker 1885
genusWellesaurus
speciespeabodyi()

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.

Wellesaurus peabodyi Welles and Cosgriff 1965
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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Arizona) Capitosauridae indet. (95109) Parotosaurus peabodyi (type locality: 95105 95106)