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Casea halselli

Caseidae

Taxonomy
Casea halselli was named by Olson (1954). Its type specimen is CNHM (FMNH) UR 117, a set of postcrania (pelvis and limb elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality FC (Middle Choza Fm.), which is in a Leonardian terrestrial shale in the Choza Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Casea halselli Olson p. 200 fig. 84
1986Casea halselli Reisz p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Caseasauria()
familyCaseidae
genusCasea
specieshalselli

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.

†Casea halselli Olson 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Leonardian or 286.00000 to 273.01000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Leonardian286.0 - 273.01USA (Texas) Casea halselli (type locality: 80574)