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Avitosmerus canadensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Avitosmerus canadensis was named by Fielitz (2002). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NMC 17456, a skeleton. It is the type species of Avitosmerus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Avitosmerus canadensis Fielitz p. 1581 figs. 2-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
classAmphibia
EuteleosteiRosen 1973
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
RankNameAuthor
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
superfamilyPipoideaFitzinger 1843
genusAvitosmerus
speciescanadensis

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.

Avitosmerus canadensis Fielitz 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: terrestrialsubc
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, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Ji et al. 2002, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Avitosmerus canadensis (220881 220907)