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Bufo pliocompactilis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae

Taxonomy
Bufo pliocompactilis was named by Wilson (1968). Its type specimen is KU V55430, an other (nearly complete left frontoparietal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is WaKeeny (UM-K6-59), which is in a Clarendonian channel sandstone/claystone in the Ogallala Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Bufo pliocompactilis Wilson
1992Bufo pliocompactilis Parmley p. 275

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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()
—Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
familyBufonidaeGray 1825
genusBufoLaurenti 1768
speciespliocompactilis

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.

†Bufo pliocompactilis Wilson 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available