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Erpetopus willistoni

Taxonomy
Erpetopus willistoni was named by Moodie (1929). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Castle Peak tracksite, which is in a Kungurian marginal marine siltstone in the Choza Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Erpetopus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Erpetopus willistoni Moodie
1929Microsauropus acutipes Moodie
1929Microsauropus clarki Moodie
1930Microsauropus orthodactylus Moodie
1930Microsauropus parvus Moodie
1967Microsauropus acutipes Sarjeant p. 329
1971Erpetopus willistoni Haubold p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
genusErpetopusMoodie 1929
specieswillistoniMoodie 1929

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.

Erpetopus willistoni Moodie 1929
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Invalid names: Microsauropus acutipes Moodie 1929 [synonym], Microsauropus clarki Moodie 1929 [synonym], Microsauropus orthodactylus Moodie 1930 [synonym], Microsauropus parvus Moodie 1930 [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: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Anisian or 279.30000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Erpetopus willistoni (type locality: 197319)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0United Kingdom (England) Microsauropus acutipes (83053)