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Lisserpeton bairdi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Lisserpeton bairdi was named by Estes (1965). Its type specimen is AMNH 8123, a set of vertebrae (complete dorsal vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bug Creek Anthills, which is in a Maastrichtian coarse channel fill sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Lisserpeton bairdi Estes p. 90
1976Lisserpeton bairdi Estes p. 505
1981Lisserpeton bairdi Estes
1989Lisserpeton bairdi Bryant p. 33
2012Lisserpeton bairdi Gardner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
suborderAmbystomatoidea
familyScapherpetontidae()
genusLisserpeton
speciesbairdi

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.

†Lisserpeton bairdi Estes 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaters
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: aquatics
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-09-14 13:37:12
Modified: 2005-09-14 15:37:12
Source: s = species, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bryant 1989, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Torrejonian or 72.10000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Lisserpeton bairdi (14458)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Lisserpeton bairdi (14463)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Lisserpeton bairdi (229975)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Lisserpeton bairdi (231469)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Lisserpeton bairdi (14505 14514 14519)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Lisserpeton bairdi (14549 144499 144501 144503 192242)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Lisserpeton bairdi (14640)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Lisserpeton bairdi (14621)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Lisserpeton bairdi (type locality: 13142)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Lisserpeton bairdi (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Lisserpeton bairdi (213589)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Lisserpeton bairdi (14666 14766 14798 218649)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (North Dakota) Lisserpeton bairdi (141585)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Lisserpeton bairdi (14912)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Lisserpeton bairdi (14874)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Lisserpeton bairdi (15017)