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Trihecatontidae

Osteichthyes - Trihecatontidae

Taxonomy
Trihecatontidae was named by Vaughn (1972). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Tuditanomorpha by Carroll (1988), Carroll et al. (1998).

Subtaxa
Entered
by E. Fara on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Trihecatontidae Vaughn
1988Trihecatontidae Carroll
1998Trihecatontidae Carroll et al. p. xi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Lepospondyli()
Microsauria()
suborderTuditanomorpha
familyTrihecatontidaeVaughn 1972
familyTrihecatontidaeVaughn 1972

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.

Fm. †Trihecatontidae Vaughn 1972
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G. †Trihecaton Vaughn 1972
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Trihecaton howardinus Vaughn 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Missourian or 315.20000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Colorado) Trihecaton howardinus (176968)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Colorado) Trihecaton howardinus (180938)