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Vulcanobatrachus mandelai

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Vulcanobatrachus mandelai was named by Trueb et al. (2005). Its type specimen is SAM-PK-K9614, a skeleton (complete skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Stompoor farm, Marydale, which is in a Campanian crater lake siltstone/conglomerate in South Africa. It is the type species of Vulcanobatrachus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Vulcanobatrachus mandelai Trueb et al. pp. 537-538 figs. 4-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
—XenoanuraSavage 1973
—PipimorphaFord and Cannatella 1993
—PipinomorphaBáez and Pugener 2003
genusVulcanobatrachus
speciesmandelai

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.

†Vulcanobatrachus mandelai Trueb et al. 2005
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1South Africa (Northern Cape) Anura indet. (type locality: 55737)