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Coprophis dakotaensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Coprophis dakotaensis was named by Parris and Holman (1978). Its type specimen is PU 20732A (trunk vertebra) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coprophis type locality (Lower Nodular Zone), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Coprophis dakotaensis Parris and Holman p. 259 figs. 1-2
1984Coprophis dakotaensis Rage p. 58

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
—Henophidia
genusCoprophis
speciesdakotaensis

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.

†Coprophis dakotaensis Parris and Holman 1978
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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Orellan or 33.90000 to 31.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (South Dakota) Coprophis dakotaensis (type locality: 179814)