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Koolasuchus cleelandi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Chigutisauridae

Taxonomy
Koolasuchus cleelandi was named by Warren et al. (1997). Its type specimen is NMV P186213, a mandible (Right mandibular ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rowells Beach, which is in an Aptian channel lag sandstone in the Eumeralla Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Koolasuchus cleelandi Warren
1997Koolasuchus cleelandi Warren et al. p. 5 figs. 2, 4-6, 7C, Plates 1-3
2000Koolasuchus cleelandi Schoch and Milner p. 87
2000Koolasuchus cleelandi Warren and Marsicano p. 472
2002Koolasuchus cleelandi Kool p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyChigutisauridaeRusconi 1951
genusKoolasuchus
speciescleelandi

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.

Koolasuchus cleelandi Warren et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
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