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Anthichnium

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Anthichnium was named by Nopcsa (1923). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Batrachichnus by Ptaszyński and Niedźwiedzki (2004).

It was assigned to Dendrerpetontidae by Haubold (1971); to Temnospondylia by Haubold (1974); and to Temnospondyli by Surkov et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Anthichnium Nopcsa
1971Anthichnium Haubold p. 13
1974Anthichnium Haubold p. 24
2007Anthichnium Surkov et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
genusAnthichniumNopcsa 1923

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. †Anthichnium Nopcsa 1923
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Anthichnium ichnops Nopcsa 1923
Anthichnium obtusus Matthew 1904
Anthichnium quadratum Matthew 1904
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: Tatarian or 266.90000 to 257.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tatarian266.9 - 257.4Russian Federation (Orenburg) A. sp. (196879)