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Fedexia striegeli

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematopidae

Taxonomy
Fedexia striegeli was named by Berman et al. (2010). Its type specimen is CM 76867, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 24km NW of Pittsburgh, which is in a Virgilian terrestrial limestone in the Casselman Formation of Pennsylvania. It is the type species of Fedexia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Fedexia striegeli Berman 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()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Dissorophoidea()
Xerodromes
Olsoniformes
familyTrematopidae()
genusFedexia
speciesstriegeli

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.

Fedexia striegeli Berman et al. 2010
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Reisz et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Virgilian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Pennsylvania) Fedexia striegeli (type locality: 179596)