Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Slaugenhopia texensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Tupilakosauridae

Taxonomy
Slaugenhopia texensis was named by Olson (1962). It is not extant. Its type specimen is FMNH UR702, a partial skeleton (fragments of skull and post-cranial skeleton). Its type locality is Locality KAC (Lower Flowerpot Shale), which is in a Kungurian/Roadian fluvial claystone/sandstone in the San Angelo Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Slaugenhopia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Slaugenhopia texensis Olson
2014Slaugenhopia texensis Schoch and Milner p. 36

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dvinosauria
superfamilyDvinosauroideaSäve-Söderbergh 1935
familyTupilakosauridaeKuhn 1960
genusSlaugenhopiaOlson 1962
speciestexensisOlson 1962

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.

†Slaugenhopia texensis Olson 1962
show all | hide all
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: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian - Roadian279.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Slaugenhopia texensis (type locality: 79600 80717)