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Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) wardorum

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae

Taxonomy
Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) wardorum was named by Estes and Tihen (1964). Its type specimen is U.N.S.M. No.61014, a set of postcrania (posterior 15 mm of a left ilium), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Norden Bridge Quarry, which is in a Barstovian channel sandstone in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Scaphiopus wardorum by Parmley (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) wardorum Estes and Tihen p. 457
1992Scaphiopus wardorum Parmley p. 278

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
superfamilyPelobatoideaLaurent 1979
familyPelobatidaeLataste 1879
genusScaphiopusHolbrook 1836
subgenusScaphiopusHolbrook 1836
specieswardorum

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 (Scaphiopus) wardorum Estes and Tihen 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available