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Trimerorhachis mesops

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Trimerorhachidae

Taxonomy
Trimerorhachis mesops was named by Cope (1896). Its type specimen is AMNH 4568, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. insignis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Trimerorhachis mesops Cope
1902Trimerorhachis mesops Hay p. 420

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dvinosauria
familyTrimerorhachidaeCope 1882
genusTrimerorhachisCope 1878
speciesmesopsCope 1896

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.

†Trimerorhachis mesops Cope 1896
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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: 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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Leonardian286.0 - 274.4USA (Texas) Trimerorhachis mesops (178739)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Trimerorhachis mesops (type locality: 28256)