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Scapanops neglecta

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Scapanops neglecta was named by Schoch and Sues (2013). Its type specimen is MCZ 2369, a partial skeleton (skull (midline length 7.9 cm) with a few associated appendicular elements (humerus, radius, clavicles) attached to the ventral side, and associated block with t), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Halsell Hill, Ralph Brixic farm, which is in an Asselian terrestrial horizon in the Nocona Formation of Texas.

Entered
by D. Cashmore (authorized by R. Butler) on 2015-10-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Scapanops neglecta Schoch and Sues p. 438 fig. 1
2014Scapanops neglecta Schoch and Milner p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Dissorophoidea()
Xerodromes
Olsoniformes
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
Eucacopinae
genusScapanops
speciesneglecta

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.

Scapanops neglecta Schoch and Sues 2013
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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: 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, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Scapanops neglecta (type locality: 173721)