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Eurycephalella alcinae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Eurycephalella alcinae was named by Baez et al. (2009). Its type specimen is MPSC-Am 890, a partial skeleton (incomplete, articulated adult specimen), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Barbalha, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large limestone in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Eurycephalella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Eurycephalella alcinae Baez et al. p. 835

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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()
Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
genusEurycephalella
speciesalcinae

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Eurycephalella alcinae Baez et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
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