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Diadectes carinatus

Diadectidae

Taxonomy
Animasaurus carinatus was named by Case and Williston (1912). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baldwin, near Animas, which is in a Wolfcampian terrestrial horizon in the Abo Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Animasaurus.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Animasaurus carinatus Case and Williston
1930Animasaurus carinatus Hay p. 36
2010Diadectes carinatus Kissel

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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
speciescarinatus()

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 carinatus Case and Williston 1912
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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: Wolfcampian or 298.90000 to 286.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Colorado) Animasaurus carinatus (180939)