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Tephrodytes brassicarvalis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelodytidae

Taxonomy
Tephrodytes brassicarvalis was named by Henrici (1994). Its type specimen is KU 19928, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cabbage Patch 10, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Renova Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Tephrodytes brassicarvalis Henrici p. 160 figs. 2-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
superfamilyPelobatoideaLaurent 1979
familyPelodytidaeCope 1866
genusTephrodytes
speciesbrassicarvalis

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.

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Arikareean or 29.50000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) Tephrodytes brassicarvalis (type locality: 183503 183504 183505)