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Eusauropleura digitata
Taxonomy
Sauropleura digitata was named by Cope (1868). It is not extant. Its type specimen is AMNH 6865, a partial skeleton (Trunk region, forelimbs, pelvic girdle and rear limbs, proximal end of tail). Its type locality is Linton, which is in a Westphalian D mire/swamp coal in Ohio. It is the type species of Sauropleura.
It was recombined as Eusauropleura digitata by Romer (1930), Carroll (1970) and Carroll et al. (1972).
It was recombined as Eusauropleura digitata by Romer (1930), Carroll (1970) and Carroll et al. (1972).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1868 | Sauropleura digitata Cope p. 216 |
| 1869 | Sauropleura digitata Cope p. 16 |
| 1902 | Sauropleura digitata Hay p. 419 |
| 1916 | Sauropleura digitata Moodie p. 157 figs. Pl. 20 |
| 1930 | Eusauropleura digitata Romer p. 135 |
| 1970 | Eusauropleura digitata Carroll pp. 288-292 figs. 11, 12 |
| 1972 | Eusauropleura digitata Carroll et al. p. 13 |
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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.
†Eusauropleura digitata Cope 1868
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian D | USA (Ohio) | Sauropleura digitata, Eusauropleura digitata (type locality: 85292) |