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Siren miotexana

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Siren miotexana was named by Holman (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moscow, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Fleming Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. intermedia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Siren miotexana Holman
1981Siren miotexana Estes

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
familySirenidaeGray 1825
genusSirenLinnaeus 1766
speciesmiotexanaHolman 1977

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.

†Siren miotexana Holman 1977
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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: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Siren miotexana (type locality: 18646 18664)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Siren miotexana (18665)