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Diplocaulus salamandroides

Osteichthyes - Diplocaulidae

Taxonomy
Diplocaulus salamandroides was named by Cope (1877). It is not extant. Its type specimen is FMNH UC 6513-16, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Danville Locality (Vertebrates), which is in a Missourian terrestrial horizon in the Bond Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Diplocaulus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Diplocaulus salamandroides Cope pp. 187-188
1902Diplocaulus salamandroides Hay p. 416
1998Diplocaulus salamandroides Carroll et al. p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
Lepospondyli()
Nectridea()
familyDiplocaulidae
genusDiplocaulus
speciessalamandroides

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 mobilec
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Virgilian or 306.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) Diplocaulus salamandroides (type locality: 80714)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Pennsylvania) Diplocaulus salamandroides (176408)