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Brevidorsum profundum

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Brevidorsum profundum was named by Carroll (1964). Its type specimen is MCZ 3250, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North of the west fork of the Trinity River, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian terrestrial horizon in Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Brevidorsum profundum Carroll p. 76
2014Brevidorsum profundum Schoch and Milner p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Olsoniformes
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
—Eucacopinae
genusBrevidorsum
speciesprofundum

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.

†Brevidorsum profundum Carroll 1964
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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: Kiessling 2004, Reisz et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (Texas) Brevidorsum profundum (type locality: 180393)