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Thoraciliacus rostriceps

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Thoraciliacus rostriceps was named by Nevo (1968). Its type specimen is HUJZ F93, a partial skeleton (nearly complete skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Amphibian Hill, which is in a Berriasian/Aptian lacustrine - small siltstone in the Hatira Formation of Israel.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Thoraciliacus rostriceps Nevo
1998Thoraciliacus rostriceps Sanchiz
1999Thoraciliacus rostriceps Trueb p. 141

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

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

Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Aptian or 145.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Aptian145.0 - 113.0Israel (Negev) Thoraciliacus rostriceps (type locality: 22634)