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Dissorophus multicinctus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Dissorophus multicinctus was named by Cope (1895). Its type specimen is AMNH 4593, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baylor County, which is in a Cisuralian terrestrial horizon in Texas. It is the type species of Dissorophus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Dissorophus multicinctus Cope p. 998
1896Dissorophus articulatus Cope
1896Otocoelus testudineus Cope p. 124 figs. Pl. VII, VIII, IX
1896Otocoelus mimeticus Cope p. 128
1896Otocoelus testudineus Cope p. 399
1902Dissorophus multicinctus Hay p. 420
1902Otocoelus mimeticus Hay p. 430
1902Otocoelus testudineus Hay p. 430
1966Longiscitula houghae DeMar
2013Dissorophus multicinctus Schoch
2014Dissorophus multicinctus Schoch and Milner p. 70

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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
subfamilyDissorophinaeBoulenger 1902
genusDissorophus
speciesmulticinctus

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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Invalid names: Dissorophus articulatus Cope 1896 [synonym], Longiscitula houghae DeMar 1966 [synonym], Otocoelus mimeticus Cope 1896 [synonym], Otocoelus testudineus Cope 1896 [synonym]
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: Reisz et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cisuralian298.9 - 274.4USA (Texas) Dissorophus multicinctus (type locality: 180945)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Oklahoma) Dissorophus multicinctus (67862)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Dissorophus multicinctus (22671 28256 28270) Otocoelus testudineus (22670 28266)