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Tuditanus punctulatus

Amphibia - Tuditanidae

Taxonomy
Tuditanus punctulatus was named by Cope (1875). It is not extant. Its type specimen is AMNH 6926, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Linton, which is in a Westphalian D mire/swamp coal in Ohio.

It was recombined as Isodectes punctulatus by Cope (1897).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Tuditanus punctulatus Cope
1875Tuditanus punctulatus Cope
1897Isodectes punctulatus Cope p. 88
1902Tuditanus punctulatus Hay p. 415
1998Tuditanus punctulatus Carroll et al. p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
Lepospondyli()
Microsauria()
suborderTuditanomorpha
familyTuditanidae
genusTuditanus
speciespunctulatus

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.

Tuditanus punctulatus Cope 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Ohio) Tuditanus punctulatus (type locality: 85292)