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Cryptobranchus saskatchewanensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Cryptobranchus saskatchewanensis was named by Naylor (1981). Its type specimen is UA 14858, a mandible (anterior part of left dentary, including symphysis), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Roche Percée, which is in a Ti4 alluvial fan sandstone/siltstone in the Ravenscrag Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Cryptobranchus saskatchewanensis Estes p. 14
1981Cryptobranchus saskatchewanensis Naylor p. 77

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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()
—Cryptobranchoidea
familyCryptobranchidaeCope 1889
genusCryptobranchusLeuckart 1821
speciessaskatchewanensis

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
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