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Cryptobranchus saskatchewanensis

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Cryptobranchus saskatchewanensis was named by Naylor (1981). Its type specimen is UA 14858, a mandible (anterior part of left dentary, including symphysis), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Roche Percée, which is in a Ti4 alluvial fan sandstone/siltstone in the Ravenscrag Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. allegheniensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Cryptobranchus saskatchewanensis Estes p. 14
1981Cryptobranchus saskatchewanensis Naylor p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
—Cryptobranchoidea
familyCryptobranchidaeCope 1889
genusCryptobranchusLeuckart 1821
speciessaskatchewanensis

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: 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, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ti4 to the top of the Clarkforkian or 60.90000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti460.9 - 57.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Cryptobranchus saskatchewanensis (type locality: 14978)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Cryptobranchus saskatchewanensis (190422)