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Aspidosaurus glascocki

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Aspidosaurus glascocki was named by Case (1910). Its type specimen is AMNH 4864, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cox's Camp, 17 (Belle Plains Formation), which is in an Artinskian terrestrial claystone/limestone in the Belle Plains Formation of Texas.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Berman and Lucas (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Aspidosaurus glascocki Case p. 179
2014Aspidosaurus glascocki Schoch and Milner p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Dissorophoidea()
Xerodromes
Olsoniformes
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
subfamilyAspidosaurinae()
genusAspidosaurusBroili 1904
speciesglascocki

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.

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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: ground dwellinguc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2011-01-30 12:48:41
Modified: 2011-01-29 19:48:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Reisz et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Aspidosaurus glascocki (type locality: 28143)