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Eocyclotosaurus wellesi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Eocyclotosaurus wellesi was named by Schoch (2000). Its type specimen is UCMP 42841, a skull (Complete skull), 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Eocyclotosaurus wellesi Schoch p. 389 figs. 1-5
2013Eocyclotosaurus wellesi Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
genusEocyclotosaurusOrtlam 1970
specieswellesi

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.

†Eocyclotosaurus wellesi Schoch 2000
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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 (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24USA (Arizona) Eocyclotosaurus wellesi (type locality: 34888 95088 95089 95090 95112)