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Cymatorhiza kittsi

Amphibia

Taxonomy
Cymatorhiza kittsi was named by Olson and Barghusen (1962). Its type specimen is FMNH (CNHM) UR 855, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is KF-2 (Chickasha Formation), which is in a Roadian/Wordian deltaic conglomerate/sandstone in the Chickasha Formation of Oklahoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Cymatorhiza kittsi Olson and Barghusen p. 13 fig. 2
1998Cymatorhiza kittsi Carroll et al. p. 67

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
Lepospondyli()
Microsauria()
genusCymatorhiza
specieskittsi

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.

Cymatorhiza kittsi Olson and Barghusen 1962
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. C. Olson and H. Barghusen 1962see generic diagnosis
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 272.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28USA (Oklahoma) Cymatorhiza kittsi (27407 type locality: 27574)