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Dendrerpetidae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dendrerpetidae

Taxonomy
Dendrerpetontidae was named by Fritsch (1885). Its type is Dendrerpeton.

It was corrected as Dendrerpetonidae by Carroll (1967); it was corrected as Dendrerpetidae by Schoch and Milner (2014).

It was assigned to Apoecospondyli by Hay (1902); to Rhachitomi by Kuhn (1946); to Edopsoidea by Haubold (1971); to Edopoidea by Carroll (1967) and Holmes and Carroll (1977); to Temnospondyli by Carroll (1988); and to Eutemnospondyli by Schoch and Milner (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Dendrerpetontidae Fritsch
1902Dendrerpetontidae Hay p. 417
1946Dendrerpetontidae Kuhn p. 52
1967Dendrerpetonidae Carroll p. 113
1971Dendrerpetontidae Haubold p. 13
1977Dendrerpetontidae Holmes and Carroll p. 490 figs. 1-2
1988Dendrerpetontidae Carroll
2014Dendrerpetidae Schoch and Milner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
familyDendrerpetidae(Fritsch 1885)
familyDendrerpetidae(Fritsch 1885)

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.

Fm. †Dendrerpetidae Fritsch 1885
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G. †Dendrerpeton Owen 1853
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Invalid names: Dendrerpeton oweni Dawson 1863 [synonym], Hylonomus aciedentatus Dawson 1860 [synonym]
Dendrerpeton confusum Milner 1996
Dendrerpeton rugosum Huxley 1867
Invalid names: Erpetocephalus Huxley 1867 [synonym]
G. †Dendrysekos Steen 1934
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Dendrysekos helogenes Steen 1934
G. †Platystegos Dawson 1895
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Platystegos loricatum Dawson 1895
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: Westphalian A or 318.10000 to 314.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.1 - 314.6Ireland (Lenister) Dendrerpeton rugosum (175806)
Westphalian A318.1 - 314.6Canada (Nova Scotia) Dendrerpeton confusum (86946) Dendrerpeton sp. (13219) Dendrysekos helogenes (175937) Hylonomus aciedentatus, Dendrysekos helogenes, Platystegos loricatum, Batrachia indet., Hylonomus lyelli (28069)