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Kayentatherium wellesi

Osteichthyes - Tritylodontidae

Taxonomy
Kayentatherium wellesi was named by Kermack (1982). Its type specimen is UCMP 83671, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Bernale locality, Many Farms (UCMP loc. V6897), which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Kayentatherium.

Synonyms
  • Nearctylodon broomi was named by Lewis (1986). Its type specimen is USNM 317201, a skeleton (Nearly complete articulated skeleton with skull and mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Comb Ridge, Lewis Quarry, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian terrestrial sandstone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Kayentatherium wellesi by Sues (1986), Sues et al. (1994).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Kayentatherium wellesi Kermack pp. 10-11 figs. 1-9
1986Nearctylodon broomi Lewis p. 297
1986Kayentatherium wellesi Sues

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
familyTritylodontidaeCope 1884
genusKayentatherium
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.

†Kayentatherium wellesi Kermack 1982
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Invalid names: Nearctylodon broomi Lewis 1986 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. M. Kermack 1982As genus, only species.
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2USA (Arizona) Kayentatherium wellesi (type locality: 46398 137286 137294) Nearctylodon broomi (34533)