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Abiadisaurus witteni

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Abiadisaurus witteni was named by Warren et al. (1998). It is not extant. Its type specimen is UCMP 154459, a mandible. Its type locality is Abiy Addi, which is in a Triassic/Jurassic terrestrial sandstone in the Adigrat Sandstone Formation of Ethiopia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Abiadisaurus witteni Warren et al.

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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()
genusAbiadisaurusWarren et al. 1998
specieswitteniWarren et al. 1998

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.

†Abiadisaurus witteni Warren et al. 1998
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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: base of the Late/Upper Triassic to the top of the Middle Jurassic or 237.00000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic - Middle Jurassic237.0 - 161.5Ethiopia (Tigray) Abiadisaurus witteni (type locality: 197720)