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Cricotus heteroclitus

Archeriidae

Taxonomy
Cricotus heteroclitus was named by Cope (1875). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Danville Locality (Vertebrates), which is in a Missourian terrestrial horizon in the Bond Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Cricotus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Cricotus heteroclitus Cope p. 405
1877Cricotus gibsonii Cope pp. 185-186
1877Cricotus discophorus Cope pp. 186-187
1884Cricotus gibsoni Cope p. 39
1884Cricotus heteroclitus Cope p. 39
1902Cricotus heteroclitus Hay p. 420
1902Cricotus gibsoni Hay p. 421
1970Cricotus heteroclitus Panchen p. 58

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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
speciesheteroclitus

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 heteroclitus Cope 1875
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Invalid names: Cricotus discophorus Cope 1877 [synonym], Cricotus gibsonii Cope 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available