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Otozoum caudatum

Osteichthyes - Otozoidae

Taxonomy
Otozoum caudatum was named by Hitchcock (1871). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Wesleyan University 183, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Otozoum moodii by Rainforth (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Otozoum caudatum Hitchcock p. xxi
1889Otozoum caudatum Hitchcock p. 127
1898Otozoum caudatum Hitchcock p. 402
1902Otozoum caudatum Hay p. 547
1904Otozoum caudatum Lull pp. 514-515
1930Otozoum caudatum Hay p. 17
1953Otozoum caudatum Lull p. 192
1963Otozoum caudatum Kuhn p. 85
1971Otozoum caudatum Haubold p. 85
2000Otozoum caudatum Gand et al. p. 606

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Bagualosauria
—Plateosauria()
—Anchisauria
—Prosauropoda()
familyOtozoidae
genusOtozoum
speciescaudatum

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.

†Otozoum caudatum Hitchcock 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Created: 2005-09-15 11:05:47
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:20
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Norman and Weishampel 1991
Collections
No collection or age range data are available