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Scaphiopus (Spea) alexanderi
Taxonomy
Scaphiopus alexanderi was named by Zweifel (1956). Its type specimen is UCMP 45030, a partial skeleton (posterior part of skull, vertebral column, parts of pectoral and pelvic girdles, some limb bones), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fish Lake Valley, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Esmeralda Formation of Nevada.
It was recombined as Spea alexanderi by Tihen (1960); it was recombined as Scaphiopus (Spea) alexanderi by Estes and Tihen (1964).
It was recombined as Spea alexanderi by Tihen (1960); it was recombined as Scaphiopus (Spea) alexanderi by Estes and Tihen (1964).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1956 | Scaphiopus alexanderi Zweifel p. 16 |
1960 | Spea alexanderi Tihen p. 92 |
1964 | Scaphiopus (Spea) alexanderi Estes and Tihen p. 460 |
1973 | Scaphiopus alexanderi Holman p. 150 |
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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.
†Scaphiopus (Spea) alexanderi Zweifel 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available