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Deltacephalus whitei

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Lydekkerinidae

Taxonomy
Deltacephalus whitei was named by Swinton (1956). Its type specimen is BMNH R.6695, a skull (Mould of a small skull), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Ambarakaraka, which is in an Induan/Smithian deltaic siliciclastic in the Middle Sakamena Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Deltacephalus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Deltacephalus whitei Swinton
1996Deltacephalus whitei Hewison p. 307
2000Deltacephalus whitei Schoch and Milner p. 77

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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()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
familyLydekkerinidae
genusDeltacephalus
specieswhitei

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.

Deltacephalus whitei Swinton 1956
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Smithian or 251.90200 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Smithian251.902 - 248.1Madagascar (Diana) Deltacephalus whitei (type locality: 144038)