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Pachycentrata taqueti

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pipidae

Taxonomy
Pachybatrachus taqueti was named by Báez and Rage (1998). Its type specimen is MNHN-IBC 1404, a partial skull (braincase and otic capsules), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is In Becetèn, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian fluvial-lacustrine shale/sandstone in the Inbeceten Formation of Niger. It is the type species of Pachybatrachus, Pachycentrata.

It was recombined as Pachycentrata taqueti by Báez and Rage (2004) and Báez and Harrison (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Pachybatrachus taqueti Báez and Rage p. 671
2004Pachycentrata taqueti Báez and Rage
2005Pachycentrata taqueti Báez and Harrison p. 723

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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()
XenoanuraSavage 1973
PipimorphaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyPipidaeGray 1825
subfamilyPipinaeGray 1825
genusPachycentrataBáez and Rage 2004
speciestaqueti()

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.

Pachycentrata taqueti Báez and Rage 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Santonian or 89.30000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6Niger (Tahoua) Pipidae indet. (type locality: 48867)