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Chelomophrynus bayi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinophrynidae

Taxonomy
Chelomophrynus bayi was named by Henrici (1991). Its type specimen is CM 46712, a partial skeleton (partially complete skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Hawks Butte Frog Quarry, which is in an Uintan lacustrine - large sandstone/siltstone in the Wagon Bed Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Chelomophrynus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Chelomophrynus bayi Henrici
1998Chelomophrynus bayi Sanchiz

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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)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
superfamilyPipoideaFitzinger 1843
familyRhinophrynidae
genusChelomophrynusHenrici 1991
speciesbayiHenrici 1991

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.

†Chelomophrynus bayi Henrici 1991
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Diagnosis
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