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Prospea

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Scaphiopodidae

Taxonomy
Prospea was named by Chen et al. (2016). Its type is Prospea holoserisca.

It was assigned to Scaphiopodidae by Chen et al. (2016).

Species
P. holoserisca (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Prospea Chen et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
superfamilyPelobatoideaLaurent 1979
familyScaphiopodidae
genusProspea

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.

G. †Prospea Chen et al. 2016
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†Prospea holoserisca Chen et al. 2016
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: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 58.70000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mongolia (Omnogov) P. holoserisca (175804)