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Taricha lindoei

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Taricha lindoei was named by Naylor (1979) [Differs from Taricha oligocenica in having a narrow scapular blade and lacking dermal bone on the neural spine; differs from Holocene Taricha in having longer tubercular processes on the ribs.]. Its type specimen is UA 13870, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Schoolhouse, , which is in an Oligocene lacustrine shale in the John Day Formation of Oregon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Taricha lindoei Naylor
1981Taricha lindoei Estes

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
familySalamandridaeGray 1825
genusTarichaGray 1850
specieslindoeiNaylor 1979

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.

Taricha lindoei Naylor 1979
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Taricha lindoei (type locality: 35221 193700)