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Trihecaton

Amphibia - Trihecatontidae

Taxonomy
Trihecaton was named by Vaughn (1972). It is not extant. Its type is Trihecaton howardinus.

It was assigned to Trihecatontidae by Carroll (1988) and Carroll et al. (1998).

Species
T. howardinus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Trihecaton Vaughn
1988Trihecaton Carroll
1998Trihecaton Carroll et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
—Lepospondyli()
—Microsauria()
suborderTuditanomorpha
familyTrihecatontidaeVaughn 1972
genusTrihecatonVaughn 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.

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

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) T. howardinus (176968)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Colorado) T. howardinus (180938)