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Kuruleufenia xenopoides

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Pipidae

Taxonomy
Kuruleufenia xenopoides was named by Gómez (2016). Its type specimen is MACN-PV RN 1064, a partial skull (almost complete sphenethmoid), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Tortugas, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/siltstone in the Allen Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Kuruleufenia xenopoides Gómez
2022Kuruleufenia xenopoides Suazo Lara and Gómez

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
—XenoanuraSavage 1973
—PipimorphaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyPipidaeGray 1825
genusKuruleufenia
speciesxenopoides

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.

†Kuruleufenia xenopoides Gómez 2016
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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Kuruleufenia xenopoides (type locality: 48999 139574) Pipidae indet. (49557) Xenopus sp. (45087)