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Tatrasuchus wildi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Taxonomy
Kupferzellia wildi was named by Schoch (1997). Its type specimen is SMNS 54670, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kupferzell bonebed, which is in a Longobardian estuary/bay marl/dolomite in the Erfurt Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Tatrasuchus wildi by Damiani (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Kupferzellia wildi Schoch p. 242 figs. 1-15
2001Tatrasuchus wildi Damiani p. 425

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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
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
familyMastodonsauridaeLydekker 1885
genusTatrasuchusMaryanska and Shishkin 1996
specieswildi()

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.

†Tatrasuchus wildi Schoch 1997
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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: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Kupferzellia wildi (type locality: 101873 101875 106349 106350)