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Warrenisuchus aliciae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Parotosuchus aliciae was named by Warren and Hutchinson (1988). Its type specimen is QM F12281, a partial skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is QML 215, Duckworth Creek, which is in an Induan terrestrial mudstone in the Arcadia Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Warrenisuchus.

It was recombined as Rewanobatrachus aliciae by Schoch and Milner (2000); it was recombined as Watsonisuchus aliciae by Damiani (2001); it was recombined as Warrenisuchus aliciae by Maganuco et al. (2009), Poropat et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Parotosuchus aliciae Warren and Hutchinson p. 860
2000Rewanobatrachus aliciae Schoch and Milner p. 135
2001Watsonisuchus aliciae Damiani p. 427
2009Warrenisuchus aliciae Maganuco et al. p. 37
2023Warrenisuchus aliciae Poropat et al. p. 137

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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
genusWarrenisuchus
speciesaliciae()

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.

Warrenisuchus aliciae Warren and Hutchinson 1988
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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, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Induan or 251.90200 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan251.902 - 249.9Australia (Queensland) Parotosuchus aliciae (type locality: 94541)