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Cosgriffius campi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Taxonomy
Cosgriffius campi was named by Welles (1993). Its type specimen is UCMP 112135, a partial skull (Skull missing posterior end), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meteor Crater Quarry, main bonebed, which is in a Spathian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Cosgriffius campi Welles
2000Cosgriffius campi Schoch and Milner p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Trematosauria
superfamilyTrematosauroidea
familyTrematosauridae
subfamilyLonchorhynchinae
genusCosgriffius
speciescampi

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.

Cosgriffius campi Welles 1993
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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, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Arizona) Cosgriffius campi (type locality: 95105)