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Sclerocephalus bavaricus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Weissia bavarica was named by Branco (1887). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MB Am.442, a skull. Its type locality is Ohmbach, near Altenglan, which is in an Autunian terrestrial horizon in the Altenglan Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Sclerocephalus bavaricus by Schoch and Milner (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Weissia bavarica Branco
2000Sclerocephalus bavaricus Schoch and Milner p. 52

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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()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
genusSclerocephalusGoldfuss 1847
speciesbavaricus(Branco 1887)

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.

Sclerocephalus bavaricus Branco 1887
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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: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

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 (Rhineland-Palatine) Weissia bavarica (175918)