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Procochleosaurus jarrowensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cochleosauridae

Taxonomy
Procochleosaurus jarrowensis was named by Sequeira (1996). Its type specimen is NHMUK R.8453, a skull, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Jarrow Colliery, which is in a Westphalian A terrestrial coal in Ireland. It is the type species of Procochleosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Procochleosaurus jarrowensis Sequeira
2004Procochleosaurus jarrowensis Sequeira p. 22
2014Procochleosaurus jarrowensis Schoch and Milner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
superfamilyEdopoidea(Romer 1945)
familyCochleosauridaeBroili 1923
genusProcochleosaurusSequeira 1996
speciesjarrowensis

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: 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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Ireland (Lenister) Procochleosaurus jarrowensis (type locality: 175806)