Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Banksiops townrowi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Taxonomy
Blinasaurus townrowi was named by Cosgriff (1974). Its type specimen is UTGD 87785, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Old Beach, which is in an Induan channel conglomerate in the Knocklofty Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Blinasaurus, Banksia, Banksiops.

It was recombined as Banksia townrowi by Warren and Marsicano (1998); it was recombined as Banksiops townrowi by Warren and Marsicano (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Blinasaurus townrowi Cosgriff
1998Banksia townrowi Warren and Marsicano p. 338
2000Banksiops townrowi Warren and Marsicano p. 469

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyBrachyopidae
genusBanksiopsWarren and Marsicano 2000
speciestownrowi()

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.

Banksiops townrowi Cosgriff 1974
show all | hide all
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: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Induan or 252.17000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2Australia (Tasmania) Blinasaurus townrowi (117149 136589 136590 136591 136593)