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Rothianiscus multidonta

Reptilia - Captorhinidae

Taxonomy
Rothia multidonta was named by Olson and Beerbower (1953). Its type specimen is FMNH (CNHM) UR 87, a partial skull (lower jaw and braincase), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality HA ("Lower San Angelo Fm."), which is in a Kungurian/Roadian fluvial claystone/conglomerate in the San Angelo Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Rothianiscus, Rothia.

It was recombined as Rothianiscus multidonta by Kuhn (1961), de Ricqlès and Taquet (1982) and Dodick and Modesto (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Rothia multidonta Olson and Beerbower
1959Rothia multidonta Seltin p. 490 fig. 202
1961Rothianiscus multidonta Kuhn p. 32
1962Rothia multidonta Olson p. 17 figs. 4-6, Pl. 1
1962Rothia multidonta Olson and Barghusen p. 15 figs. 3; Pls. IA, B
1982Rothianiscus multidonta de Ricqlès and Taquet p. 9
1995Rothianiscus multidonta Dodick and Modesto p. 689

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
familyCaptorhinidae
subfamilyMoradisaurinae
genusRothianiscus
speciesmultidonta()

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.

Rothianiscus multidonta Olson and Beerbower 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticf
Composition 2: "sclero-protein"f
Architecture: compact or densef
Folds: minorf
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Ontogeny: addition of partsf
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: direct/internalf
Dispersal 2: mobilef
Created: 2008-12-08 12:39:08
Modified: 2010-03-18 09:56:09
Source: f = family
Reference: Kissel et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian - Roadian279.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Rothia multidonta (78559 79600 type locality: 79694 80689 80729 85171)