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Notalacerta missouriensis

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Notalacerta missouriensis was named by Butts (1891). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. It is the type species of Notalacerta.

It was recombined as Collettosaurus missouriensis by Hay (1930), Branson and Mehl (1932).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Notalacerta missouriensis Butts p. 58
1902Notalacerta missouriensis Hay p. 547
1930Collettosaurus missouriensis Hay p. 9
1932Collettosaurus missouriensis Branson and Mehl
1971Notalacerta missouriensis Haubold p. 19
2005Notalacerta missouriensis Haubold et al. p. 96

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Dissorophoidea()
Xerodromes
Olsoniformes
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
genusNotalacertaButts 1891
speciesmissouriensisButts 1891

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.

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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: ground dwellinguc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2011-01-30 12:48:41
Modified: 2011-01-29 19:48:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Reisz et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Westphalian to the top of the Missourian or 318.70000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4Morocco Notalacerta missouriensis (242126)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4USA (Alabama) Notalacerta missouriensis (81525)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Notalacerta missouriensis (237797)