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Diadectes tenuitectes

Diadectidae

Taxonomy
Bolbodon tenuitectes was named by Cope (1896). Its type specimen is AMNH 4375, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Diadectes tenuitectes by Kissel (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Bolbodon tenuitectes Cope p. 134 fig. 1
1910Diadectes maximus Case p. 174
1911Diadectoides cretin Case
1911Bolbodon tenuitectes Case p. 22 figs. Pl. 10
1914Diadectes huenei Broom
1930Diadectes huenei Hay p. 34
1930Diadectes maximus Hay p. 34
1930Diadectoides cretin Hay p. 36
1972Diadectes huenei Carroll et al. p. 56
1972Diadectes maximus Carroll et al. p. 56
2010Diadectes tenuitectes Kissel p. 80

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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
genusDiadectesCope 1878
speciestenuitectes()

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.

Diadectes tenuitectes Cope 1896
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Invalid names: Diadectes huenei Broom 1914 [synonym], Diadectes maximus Case 1910 [synonym], Diadectoides cretin Case 1911 [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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Bolbodon tenuitectes, Diadectes huenei (type locality: 28256) Diadectoides cretin (28275)