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Vigilius wellesi

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Taxonomy
Vigilius wellesi was named by Warren and Marsicano (2000). Its type specimen is UCMP 36199, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP V4207, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian terrestrial horizon in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Vigilius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Vigilius wellesi Warren and Marsicano p. 468

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyBrachyopidae
genusVigilius
specieswellesi

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.

†Vigilius wellesi Warren and Marsicano 2000
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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: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 246.70000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24USA (Arizona) Vigilius wellesi (34888 type locality: 196998)