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Uruyiella liminea

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Laidleriidae

Taxonomy
Uruyiella liminea was named by Pineiro et al. (2007). Its type specimen is FC-DPV 1598, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Colonia Orozco, which is in a Triassic fluvial siliciclastic/conglomerate in the Buena Vista Formation of Uruguay. It is the type species of Uruyiella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Uruyiella liminea Pineiro et al. p. 629 figs. 2, 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Dvinosauria
familyLaidleriidaeCosgriff 1965
genusUruyiella
speciesliminea

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.

Uruyiella liminea Pineiro et al. 2007
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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: Late/Upper Triassic or 237.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Uruguay (Cerro Largo) Uruyiella liminea (type locality: 86401)