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Nezpercius dodsoni

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Nezpercius dodsoni was named by Blob et al. (2001). Its type specimen is FMNH PR 2078, a limb element (Ilium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Missouri Breaks (UC-913), which is in a Campanian/Campanian channel lag sandstone in the Judith River Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Nezpercius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Nezpercius dodsoni Blob et al. p. 190

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
genusNezpercius
speciesdodsoni

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.

†Nezpercius dodsoni Blob et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
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