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Piceoerpeton naylori

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Piceoerpeton naylori was named by Gardner (2012). Its type specimen is UALVP 14918, a set of vertebrae (atlantal centrum), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bug Creek Anthills, which is in a Maastrichtian coarse channel fill sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Piceoerpeton naylori Gardner p. 616

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

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.

†Piceoerpeton naylori Gardner 2012
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Diagnosis
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