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Siren lacertina (greater siren)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Siren lacertina was named by Linnaeus (1766) [also attributed to Österdam 1766]. It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. intermedia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Siren lacertina Linnaeus
1875Siren lacertina Cope p. 24
1955Siren lacertina Goin and Auffenberg
1965Siren lacertina Lynch p. 72
1981Siren lacertina Estes

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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()
familySirenidaeGray 1825
genusSirenLinnaeus 1766
specieslacertinaLinnaeus 1766

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.

Siren lacertina Linnaeus 1766 [greater siren]
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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: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.90000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Siren lacertina (19764)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Siren lacertina (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Siren lacertina (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Siren lacertina (20573 20593)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Siren lacertina (34269 74292 154773 154910 154922 155346 155347 155348)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Siren lacertina (152113)