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Conjunctio multidens

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Conjunctio multidens was named by Carroll (1964). Its type specimen is FMNH 673, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West side of Puerco River, opposite Youngsville, "El Rito", which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian terrestrial horizon in the Abo Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Conjunctio.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Conjunctio multidens Carroll
2013Conjunctio multidens Schoch and Sues p. 438
2014Conjunctio multidens 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
genusConjunctioCarroll 1964
speciesmultidensCarroll 1964

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.

†Conjunctio multidens Carroll 1964
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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: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Reisz et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian - Wolfcampian303.7 - 286.0USA (New Mexico) Conjunctio multidens (77412)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) Conjunctio multidens (type locality: 173814)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Colorado) Conjunctio multidens (85475)