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Trachystegos megalodon

Pantylidae

Taxonomy
Trachystegos megalodon was named by Carroll (1966). Its type specimen is BM(NH) R.4563, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Joggins; Divison 4, Section XII, coal-group 26, which is in a Westphalian A mire/swamp sandstone/claystone in the Joggins Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Trachystegos megalodon Carroll
1998Trachystegos megalodon Carroll et al. p. 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—RecumbirostraAnderson 2007
familyPantylidaeCase 1911
genusTrachystegos
speciesmegalodon

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.

†Trachystegos megalodon Carroll 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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, Hendy et al. 2009

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 - 316.9Canada (Nova Scotia) Trachystegos megalodon (type locality: 86946)