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Eocyclotosaurus randalli

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Cyclotosaurus randalli was named by Welles (1947). Its type specimen is UCMP 36188, a partial skull ( a circumotic fragment of a skull roof), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Holbrook quarry, UCMP V3922, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian fine channel fill siltstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schoch and Milner (2000); it was recombined as Eocyclotosaurus randalli by Damiani (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Cyclotosaurus randalli Welles p. 257 figs. pl. 22A
2001Eocyclotosaurus randalli Damiani p. 393

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
genusEocyclotosaurusOrtlam 1970
speciesrandalli()

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.

†Eocyclotosaurus randalli Welles 1947
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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: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 246.70000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24USA (Arizona) Cyclotosaurus randalli (type locality: 34888)