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Rileymillerus cosgriffi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Rileymillerus cosgriffi was named by Bolt and Chatterjee (2000). Its type specimen is TTU P 9168, a skull (Nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Miller's Ranch Quarry, which is in a Norian floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Cooper Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Rileymillerus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Rileymillerus cosgriffi Bolt and Chatterjee p. 670 figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
genusRileymillerus
speciescosgriffi

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.

Rileymillerus cosgriffi Bolt and Chatterjee 2000
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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: 2009-04-01 07:04:55
Modified: 2009-04-01 09:09:05
Source: s = species, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Small 1989, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Labyrinthodontia indet., Rileymillerus cosgriffi (type locality: 13273)