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Opisthotriton kayi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae

Taxonomy
Opisthotriton kayi was named by Auffenberg (1961). Its type specimen is Carnegie Museum No. 6468, a set of vertebrae (middle trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg p. 458
1964Opisthotriton kayi Estes p. 81
1976Opisthotriton kayi Estes p. 505
1981Opisthotriton kayi Estes
1989Opisthotriton kayi Bryant p. 31
1991Opisthotriton kayi Sullivan p. 294
2001Opisthotriton kayi Peng et al. p. 19

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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)
orderProteida
familyBatrachosauroididae
genusOpisthotriton
specieskayi

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.

†Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaters
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: aquatics
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-09-14 13:35:42
Modified: 2005-09-14 15:35:42
Source: s = species, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bryant 1989, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Torrejonian or 72.10000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (110 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Judithian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton kayi (14463)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Opisthotriton kayi (14498 36543)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton 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)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton kayi (45240 45560 45561 45564 45565 45566 45567 45670 45820 47794 47795 47809)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Opisthotriton kayi (23549)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton kayi (45819 45821 45894)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Opisthotriton kayi (229975)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) Opisthotriton kayi (85498 85499)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Opisthotriton kayi (45113 231469)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton sp. (14502)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Opisthotriton kayi (14537 192251)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Opisthotriton kayi (14610)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Opisthotriton kayi (14505 14514 14519 14538 14557 14566 14577 14601)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Opisthotriton kayi (14655)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Opisthotriton kayi (14515 14534 14535 14546 14549 14582 14639 144499 144502)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Opisthotriton kayi (14640)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Opisthotriton kayi (13142)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Opisthotriton kayi (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Opisthotriton kayi (45098 45109 45111 45112 45118 45136 45144 213589)
Pu366.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Opisthotriton kayi (218647)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton kayi (192237)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Opisthotriton kayi (14666 14766 14798)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (North Dakota) Opisthotriton kayi (141585)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Colorado) Opisthotriton kayi (14658 14792)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Opisthotriton kayi (14768)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Opisthotriton kayi (14886 14912)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) Opisthotriton kayi (14887)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Opisthotriton kayi (14874 14906)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton kayi (14828)
Ti461.7 - 56.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Opisthotriton kayi (14978)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Opisthotriton kayi (15049 53059)