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Sparodus validus

Gymnarthridae

Taxonomy
Sparodus validus was named by Fritsch (1876). Its type specimen is CGH 2084, a skull, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Nyrany, which is in a Westphalian D lacustrine coal in the Kladno Formation of Czechia. It is the type species of Sparodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Sparodus validus Fritsch
1902Sparodus validus Hay p. 411

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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
familyGymnarthridae
genusSparodus
speciesvalidus

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.

†Sparodus validus Fritsch 1876
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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 D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4Czechia (Pilsen) Sparodus validus (type locality: 84835)