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Palaeosauropus primaevus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Sauropus primaevus was named by Lea (1849). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is South of Pottsville, which is in a Mississippian terrestrial sandstone in the Mauch Chunk Formation of Pennsylvania. It is the type species of Palaeosauropus.

It was recombined as Palaeosauropus primaevus by Hay (1902), Hay (1930) and Haubold (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Sauropus primaevus Lea
1902Palaeosauropus primaevus Hay p. 548
1930Palaeosauropus primaevus Hay p. 17
1971Palaeosauropus primaevus Haubold p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
genusPalaeosauropus
speciesprimaevus(Lea 1849)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available