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Diplocaulus primus

Amphibia - Diplocaulidae

Taxonomy
Peronedon primus was named by Olson (1970). Its type specimen is CNHM (FMNH) UR 1234, a partial skeleton (skull, jaws, vertebrae, ribs, partial shoulder girdle, partial forelimbs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Norman, which is in a Kungurian fluvial-lacustrine shale/shale in the Hennessey Formation of Oklahoma.

It was recombined as Diplocaulus primus by Milner (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Peronedon primus Olson p. 410 fig. 11
1977Peronedon primus Haglund p. 982 fig. 1
1996Diplocaulus primus Milner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
Lepospondyli()
Nectridea()
familyDiplocaulidae
genusDiplocaulus
speciesprimus()

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.

Diplocaulus primus Olson 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Peronedon primus (67735) Peronedon sp. (90452)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Oklahoma) Peronedon primus (67945)