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Feeserpeton oklahomensis

Reptilia - Acleistorhinidae

Taxonomy
Feeserpeton oklahomensis was named by MacDougall and Reisz (2012). Its type specimen is OMNH 73541, a skull (a nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Richards Spur, which is in an Artinskian fissure fill claystone/conglomerate in Oklahoma. It is the type species of Feeserpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Feeserpeton oklahomensis MacDougall and Reisz p. 1018 figs. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
Procolophonomorpha()
Ankyramorpha
superfamilyLanthanosuchoidea
familyAcleistorhinidae
genusFeeserpeton
speciesoklahomensis

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.

Feeserpeton oklahomensis MacDougall and Reisz 2012
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. J. MacDougall and R. Reisz 2012Parareptile characterized by its triangular skull, large postorbitals, but small squamosals, and the presence of large caniniform teeth on the maxilla and mandible that are at least twice as large as any of the other marginal teeth
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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Oklahoma) Feeserpeton oklahomensis (type locality: 67862)