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Miopelodytes gilmorei

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelodytidae

Taxonomy
Miopelodytes gilmorei was named by Taylor (1941). Its type specimen is U. S. N. M. No. 12356, a skeleton (entire skeleton), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Miopelodytes type locality, which is in a Miocene lacustrine shale in the Elko Shales Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Miopelodytes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Miopelodytes gilmorei Taylor p. 62

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
superfamilyPelobatoideaLaurent 1979
familyPelodytidaeCope 1866
genusMiopelodytes
speciesgilmorei

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.

†Miopelodytes gilmorei Taylor 1941
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Diagnosis
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