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Arizonerpeton wellsi

Amphibia

Taxonomy
Arizonerpeton wellsi was named by Thayer (1985). Its type specimen is UALP 4947, a set of vertebrae (single sacral vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Swisshelm Mts. amphibian site, which is in a Westphalian A/Westphalian B shallow subtidal limestone in the Black Prince Limestone Formation of Arizona.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Arizonerpeton wellsi Thayer p. 695 fig. 7
1998Arizonerpeton wellsi Carroll et al. p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
—Lepospondyli()
—Nectridea()
genusArizonerpeton
specieswellsi

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.

†Arizonerpeton wellsi Thayer 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available