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Conodectes favosus

Conodectidae

Taxonomy
Conodectes favosus was named by Cope (1896). Its type specimen is AMNH 4342, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gray's Creek, 37 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Conodectes.

It was synonymized subjectively with Seymouria baylorensis by Laurin (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Conodectes favosus Cope p. 129
1902Conodectes favosus Hay p. 430
1911Conodectes favosus Case p. 52
1930Conodectes favosus Hay p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
suborderConodectiformes
familyConodectidae
genusConodectes
speciesfavosus

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.

Conodectes favosus Cope 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Conodectes favosus (22670 type locality: 28266)