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Micromelerpeton credneri

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Micromelerpetidae

Taxonomy
Branchiosaurus credneri was named by Bulman and Whittard (1926). Its type specimen is UMZC T.16 (formerly DMSW B.40, Watson 1963), a skeleton (Almost complete skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vineyards south of Odernheim am Glan, which is in an Autunian terrestrial limestone in the Meisenheim Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Micromelerpeton credneri by Watson (1963) and Schoch and Milner (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Branchiosaurus credneri Bulman and Whittard
1963Micromelerpeton credneri Watson
2013Branchiosaurus credneri Schoch
2014Micromelerpeton credneri Schoch and Milner p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Dissorophoidea()
familyMicromelerpetidae(Boy 1972)
genusMicromelerpeton
speciescredneri()

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.

Micromelerpeton credneri Bulman and Whittard 1926
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: Autunian or 298.90000 to 283.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Autunian298.9 - 283.5Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Branchiosaurus credneri (179127)