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Micraroter erythrogeios

Ostodolepidae

Taxonomy
Micraroter erythrogeios was named by Daly (1973). Its type specimen is FMNH UR 2311, a partial skeleton (skull with jaw and four neural arches, two centra and part of the pectoral girdle), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is southwest of Grandfield, which is in a Kungurian fluvial shale/sandstone in the Hennessey Formation of Oklahoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Micraroter erythrogeios Daly p. 580
1978Micraroter erythrogeios Carroll and Gaskill pp. 88 figs. 52-54
1998Micraroter erythrogeios Carroll et al. p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RecumbirostraAnderson 2007
familyOstodolepidaeRomer 1945
genusMicraroter
specieserythrogeios

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Micraroter erythrogeios (28256)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Oklahoma) Micraroter erythrogeios (type locality: 67945)