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Ambedus pusilus

Diadectidae

Taxonomy
Ambedus pusilus was named by Kissel and Reisz (2004). Its type specimen is MCZ 9436, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Clark Hill, which is in a Sakmarian terrestrial horizon in the Greene Formation of Ohio. It is the type species of Ambedus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Ambedus pusilus Kissel and Reisz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Diadectomorpha(Watson 1917)
familyDiadectidae
genusAmbedus
speciespusilus

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.

†Ambedus pusilus Kissel and Reisz 2004
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Ohio) Ambedus pusilus (type locality: 80877)