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Diadectes absitus

Diadectidae

Taxonomy
Diadectes absitus was named by Berman et al. (1998). Its type specimen is MNG 8853, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bromacker Quarry (upper level of Tambach sandstone), which is in an Artinskian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Tambach Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Silvadectes absitus by Kissel (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Diadectes absitus Berman et al. p. 56 figs. 1-19
2005Diadectes absitus Martens et al.
2010Silvadectes absitus Kissel p. 77
2020Diadectes absitus Klembara et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Diadectomorpha(Watson 1917)
familyDiadectidae
genusDiadectesCope 1878
speciesabsitus

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.

Diadectes absitus Berman et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Germany (Thuringia) Diadectes absitus (type locality: 80112)