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Baurubatrachus pricei

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Calyptocephalellidae

Taxonomy
Baurubatrachus pricei was named by Báez and Perí (1989) [apparently preserved in a cemented sandstone]. Its type specimen is Div. Geol. Min. 1412-R, A & B, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Manoel Mendes, Uberaba (BR-262, km 3.3), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Serra da Galga Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Baurubatrachus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Baurubatrachus pricei Báez and Perí p. 449 figs. 2-5
2014Baurubatrachus pricei Evans et al.
2018Baurubatrachus pricei Báez and Gómez

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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()
Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
AustralobatrachiaFrost et al. 2006
familyCalyptocephalellidaeReig 1960
genusBaurubatrachus
speciespricei

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.

Baurubatrachus pricei Báez and Perí 1989
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Baurubatrachus pricei (type locality: 83529)