Apateon von Meyer 1844 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Synonyms: Protriton Gaudry 1876, Salamandrella Gaudry 1875

Parent taxon: Branchiosauridae according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Carroll 1988, Carroll et al. 1972, Frank and Ramus 1996, Owen 1859, Owen 1860, Roemer 1856 and Schoch 2013

Sister taxa: Branchiosaurus, Eumicrerpeton, Leptorophus, Melanerpeton, Milnererpeton, Schoenfelderpeton, Tungussogyrininae, Tungussogyrinus

Subtaxa: Apateon caducus Apateon dracyi Apateon flagrifer Apateon gracilis Apateon intermedius Apateon kontheri Apateon pedestris Apateon umbrosus Salamandrella keyseringli

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Rotliegendes of the Czech Republic (1 collection)

• Permian of the Czech Republic (2), France (4), Germany (20), Italy (3)

• Carboniferous to Permian of Germany (1)

• Carboniferous of Germany (3)

Total: 34 collections including 39 occurrences

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