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Chomatobatrachus halei

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Lydekkerinidae

Taxonomy
Chomatobatrachus halei was named by Cosgriff (1974). Its type specimen is UTGD 80738, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meadowbank, which is in an Induan terrestrial mudstone in the Knocklofty Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Chomatobatrachus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Chomatobatrachus halei Cosgriff p. 44 figs. 30-43
2000Chomatobatrachus halei Schoch and Milner p. 77

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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()
Superstes
familyLydekkerinidae
genusChomatobatrachus
specieshalei

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.

Chomatobatrachus halei Cosgriff 1974
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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: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Induan or 252.17000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2Australia (Tasmania) Chomatobatrachus halei (117149 136589 136590 136591 136592 type locality: 136594)