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Trimerorhachis insignis

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Trimerorhachidae

Taxonomy
Trimerorhachis insignis was named by Cope (1878) [publication year uncertain]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Indian Creek, 35 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Trimerorhachis.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Trimerorhachis insignis Cope
1883Trimerorhachis bilobatus Cope p. 629
1884Trimerorhachis bilobatus Cope p. 32
1884Trimerorhachis insignis Cope p. 32
1893Trimerorhachis insignis Cope
1902Trimerorhachis bilobatus Hay p. 420
1902Trimerorhachis insignis Hay p. 420
1910Trimerorhachis alleni Case p. 181
1913Trimerorhachis medius Broom
1973Trimerorhachis insignis Daly p. 568
2013Trimerorhachis insignis Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dvinosauria
familyTrimerorhachidaeCope 1882
genusTrimerorhachisCope 1878
speciesinsignisCope 1878

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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Invalid names: Trimerorhachis alleni Case 1910 [synonym], Trimerorhachis bilobatus Cope 1883 [synonym], Trimerorhachis medius Broom 1913 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Kungurian or 298.90000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (Texas) Trimerorhachis insignis (11165)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Oklahoma) Trimerorhachis insignis (221391 221392)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Oklahoma) Trimerorhachis insignis (79402)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Trimerorhachis alleni (28143) Trimerorhachis bilobatus (28238) Trimerorhachis insignis (22714 80741 84716) Trimerorhachis medius (28145)
Leonardian286.0 - 274.4USA (Texas) Trimerorhachis insignis (178739)
Leonardian286.0 - 274.4USA (Oklahoma) Trimerorhachis insignis (79815 84941 85567 180991)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Trimerorhachis insignis (27704 177019) Trimerorhachis sp. (67735)