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Osteopilus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Hylidae

Taxonomy
Osteopilus was named by Fitzinger (1843). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hylidae by Morgan (1994); and to Hylinae by Sanchiz (1998).

Species
O. septentrionalis
Species lacking formal opinion data
O. brunneus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Osteopilus Fitzinger
1994Osteopilus Morgan p. 467 figs. Table 22.1
1998Osteopilus Sanchiz

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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()
—Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
superfamilyHyloideaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyHylidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyHylinaeRafinesque 1815
genusOsteopilusFitzinger 1843

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. Osteopilus Fitzinger 1843
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Osteopilus septentrionalis Dumétil and Bibron 1841
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) O. septentrionalis (144649)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) O. septentrionalis (190743 190744 190745)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas O. septentrionalis (194591 194593 194595 194597)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Jamaica O. brunneus (215359)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) O. septentrionalis (210532 210542)