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Cricotus crassidiscus

Archeriidae

Taxonomy
Cricotus crassidiscus was named by Cope (1884). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North Fork of the Little Wichita, 8, which is in a Sakmarian/Artinskian terrestrial claystone in Texas.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Cricotus crassidiscus Cope p. 28
1886Cricotus hypantricus Cope
1902Cricotus crassidiscus Hay p. 421
1902Cricotus hypantricus Hay p. 421

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
EmbolomeraCope 1880
familyArcheriidaeKuhn 1965
genusCricotus
speciescrassidiscus

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.

Cricotus crassidiscus Cope 1884
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Invalid names: Cricotus hypantricus Cope 1886 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 279.3USA (Texas) Cricotus crassidiscus (type locality: 28324)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Cricotus crassidiscus (108766)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Oklahoma) Cricotus hypantricus (85733)