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Bufo suspectus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae

Taxonomy
Bufo suspectus was named by Tihen (1962). Its type specimen is UMMVP 40155, a set of postcrania (partial right ilium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fox Canyon, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Bufo suspectus Tihen p. 22 fig. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
familyBufonidaeGray 1825
genusBufoLaurenti 1768
speciessuspectus

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.

Bufo suspectus Tihen 1962
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Blancan or 4.70000 to 1.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Kansas) Bufo suspectus (type locality: 19931)