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Australerpeton

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae

Taxonomy
Australerpeton was named by Barbarena (1998). It is not extant. Its type is Australerpeton cosgriffi. It is the type genus of Australerpetinae.

It was assigned to Platyoposaurinae by Schoch and Milner (2000); to Stereospondylomorpha by Schoch (2013); to Stereospondyli by Eltink and Langer (2014); and to Australerpetinae by Eltink et al. (2016).

Species
A. cosgriffi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Australerpeton Barbarena
2000Australerpeton Schoch and Milner p. 60
2013Australerpeton Schoch
2014Australerpeton Eltink and Langer
2016Australerpeton Eltink et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
familyRhinesuchidae
Australerpetinae
genusAustralerpetonBarbarena 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.

G. †Australerpeton Barbarena 1998
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Australerpeton cosgriffi Barberena 1998
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 266.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian - Wuchiapingian266.9 - 254.17Brazil (ParanĂ¡) A. cosgriffi (185753 186658)