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Latonia ragei

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae

Taxonomy
Latonia ragei was named by Hossini (1993). Its type specimen is FSL: 150.80, a maxilla (An almost complete right maxilla, with its processus posterior and tips of the processus pterygoideus and processus palatinus broken off), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laugnac, which is in a MN 2 lacustrine marl/limestone in the Agenais Limestone Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Latonia ragei Hossini
1998Latonia ragei Sanchiz

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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)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
familyDiscoglossidaeGünther 1859
genusLatoniavon Meyer 1843
speciesragei

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.

†Latonia ragei Hossini 1993
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Hossini 1993Maxilla without sculpture, the tooth row exceeding posteriorly the basis of the processus pterygoideus; scapula elongated.
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 2 to the top of the Ruscinian or 22.40000 to 3.20000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Auvergne) Latonia ragei (125333)
MN 222.4 - 20.0France (Aquitaine) Latonia ragei (type locality: 136755)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrenees) Latonia ragei (136919)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria Latonia ragei (174065 174066 174067)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Latonia ragei (48325)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) Latonia ragei (37789)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece Latonia ragei (31229 31900 31907)