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Hadrokkosaurus bradyi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Taphrognathus bradyi was named by Welles (1947). Its type specimen is UCMP 36199, a mandible (right mandibular ramus lacking only the articular), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Holbrook quarry, UCMP V3922, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian fine channel fill siltstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Taphrognathus.

It was recombined as Hadrokkosaurus bradyi by Welles (1957), Warren and Marsicano (2000), Schoch and Milner (2000), Ruta and Bolt (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Taphrognathus bradyi Welles p. 246 figs. 3-6
1957Hadrokkosaurus bradyi Welles p. 165
2000Hadrokkosaurus bradyi Schoch and Milner
2000Hadrokkosaurus bradyi Warren and Marsicano p. 472
2008Hadrokkosaurus bradyi Ruta and Bolt

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
genusHadrokkosaurusWelles 1958
speciesbradyi()

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.

†Hadrokkosaurus bradyi Welles 1947
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 246.70000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24USA (Arizona) Taphrognathus bradyi (type locality: 34888)