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Opisthotriton

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Opisthotriton Auffenberg p. 458
1964Opisthotriton Estes p. 81
1969Opisthotriton Estes p. 231
1970Opisthotriton Estes and Berberian p. 4
1976Opisthotriton Estes p. 505
1979Opisthotriton Naylor p. 19
1981Opisthotriton Estes
1988Opisthotriton Carroll
1989Opisthotriton Bryant p. 31
1991Opisthotriton Sullivan p. 294
2001Opisthotriton Peng et al. p. 19
2013Opisthotriton DeMar, Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
orderProteida
familyBatrachosauroididae
genusOpisthotriton

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.

G. †Opisthotriton Auffenberg 1961
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Opisthotriton gidleyi Sullivan 1991
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Clarkforkian or 85.80000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (136 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Utah) O. sp. (181388 181390)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) O. sp. (14467)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) O. kayi (14463)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) O. sp. (75836 75846 75849)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) O. kayi (14498 36543)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) O. kayi (22695 22696 22697 22698 34302 34303 34305 34307 34309 34310 34315 34319 34320 34321 34322 45238 45260 45261 45262 45264 45671 45674 45822 45892 45893 45897 45898 45899 47784 47793 47807 47811 47812 47814 47816) O. sp. (98674 98677)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) O. sp. (190353)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) O. kayi (45240 45560 45561 45564 45565 45566 45567 45670 45820 47794 47795 47809)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) O. kayi (45819 45821 45894)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) O. kayi (229975) O. sp. (14494)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) O. kayi (23549) O. sp. (14490)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) O. sp. (34744)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) O. kayi (45113 231469)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) O. kayi (85498 85499)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) O. sp. (14502 135739 135741 135743)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) O. kayi (14655)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) O. kayi (14537 192251)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) O. kayi (14515 14534 14535 14546 14549 14582 14639 144499 144502) O. sp. (14508 14560 14574)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) O. kayi (14610)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) O. kayi (14505 14514 14519 14538 14557 14566 14577 14601)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) O. kayi (14640)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) O. kayi (13142)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) O. sp. (157189 224484)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) O. kayi (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) O. kayi (45098 45109 45111 45112 45118 45136 45144 213589)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) O. sp. (54105)
Pu366.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) O. kayi (218647)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Colorado) O. kayi (14658 14792)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (North Dakota) O. kayi (141585)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Saskatchewan) O. kayi (14768)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Alberta) O. kayi (192237)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) O. kayi (14666 14766 14798)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (North Dakota) O. sp. (14962)
Torrejonian63.3 - 61.7Canada (Alberta) O. kayi (14828)
Torrejonian63.3 - 61.7USA (Wyoming) O. kayi (14886 14912)
Torrejonian63.3 - 61.7USA (Montana) O. kayi (14874) O. kayi, O. gidleyi (14906)
Torrejonian63.3 - 61.7USA (Texas) O. kayi (14887)
Ti361.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) O. sp. (14992)
Ti461.7 - 56.8Canada (Saskatchewan) O. kayi (14978)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) O. kayi (15049 53059)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) O. sp. (14931)
Clarkforkian56.8 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) O. kayi (15082)
Clarkforkian56.8 - 55.8USA (Montana) O. sp. (15079)