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Pseudobranchus robustus (dwarf siren)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Pseudobranchus robustus was named by Goin and Auffenberg (1955). Its type specimen is MCZ 2279, a set of vertebrae (middle thoracic vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Haile VIIA, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Florida.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Pseudobranchus robustus Goin and Auffenberg
1965Pseudobranchus robustus Lynch p. 72
1981Pseudobranchus robustus 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
genusPseudobranchusGray 1825
speciesrobustus

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.

†Pseudobranchus robustus Goin and Auffenberg 1955 [dwarf siren]
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Diagnosis
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