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Haptodus garnettensis

Discussion

Suggested syntypes: ROM 29872, disarticulated subadult skeleton; ROM 43602, crushed skull; ROM 43604 disarticulated mature skeleton; ROM 43606, mostly articulated half of a skull (see Laurin 1993). Referred specimens (Fig. 4.14 ‐ 4.16): ROM 30099, hemi‐mandible (see Laurin, 1993, Fig. 10 A, B); CM 71559, skull and clavicle, currently under description (courtesy of D. Berman, Pittsburgh); and tentatively RM 14,156(a), immature skeleton, previous holotype of “Haptodus” garnettensis, assigned as a potential juvenile of Eohaptodus. - (Spindler, 2015)

Taxonomy
Haptodus garnettensis was named by Currie (1977). Its type specimen is RM 14156, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Garnett Quarry, which is in a Missourian fine channel fill mudstone in the Stanton Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Eohaptodus garnettensis by Spindler (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Haptodus garnettensis Currie p. 929 figs. 1-9
1986Haptodus garnettensis Reisz
1993Haptodus garnettensis Laurin p. 200
2015Eohaptodus garnettensis Spindler p. 83

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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
suborderEupelycosauria
—Haptodontiformes
genusHaptodusGaudry 1886
speciesgarnettensis

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.

†Haptodus garnettensis Currie 1977
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Diagnosis
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Missourian or 306.00000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Haptodus garnettensis (type locality: 80784)