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Cordicephalus gracilis

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Cordicephalus gracilis was named by Nevo (1968). Its type specimen is HUJZ F165a,b, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Amphibian Hill, which is in a Berriasian/Aptian lacustrine - small siltstone in the Hatira Formation of Israel.

Synonyms
  • Cordicephalus longicostatus was named by Nevo (1968). Its type specimen is HUJZ F171a,b, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Amphibian Hill, which is in a Berriasian/Aptian lacustrine - small siltstone in the Hatira Formation of Israel.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Cordicephalus gracilis by Trueb and Báez (2006).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Cordicephalus gracilis Nevo p. 269
1968Cordicephalus longicostatus Nevo p. 272
1998Cordicephalus gracilis Sanchiz
1998Cordicephalus longicostatus Sanchiz
2006Cordicephalus gracilis Trueb and Báez p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
—XenoanuraSavage 1973
—PipimorphaFord and Cannatella 1993
genusCordicephalus
speciesgracilis

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.

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Invalid names: Cordicephalus longicostatus Nevo 1968 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available